Samar village peace and order official nabbed for gun ban violation | Inquirer News

Samar village peace and order official nabbed for gun ban violation

By: - Correspondent / @rdejonINQ
/ 05:27 PM January 24, 2022

ORMOC CITY––Police arrested on Sunday the chief “tanod” (peace and order official) of a village of Sta. Margarita town in Samar for allegedly violating the election gun ban.

Erwin Rojas, 40, did not resist arrest.

Lt. Col Ma. Bella Retuaya, the spokesperson of the Eastern Visayas police, said a concerned citizen approached Executive Master Sergeant Joel Calagos Jr. to report about a man with a gun tucked on his waist.

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Calagos responded and saw the suspect with a gun. Asked if he had documents to prove that he had a permit to carry a gun, the suspect failed to present one.

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Recovered from the suspect was a .45 caliber pistol with a magazine containing seven live ammunition.

Police were readying charges for illegal possession of firearms and violating the Omnibus Election Cod against the suspect now detained at the Sta. Margarita Municipal Police Station.

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