Security guard yields illegal gun in Lucena City

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LUCENA CITY – Police manning a checkpoint on Wednesday arrested a security guard while carrying an illegal firearm in this city.

The city police reported on Thursday, May 11, that while conducting checkpoints after the ambush of a motorcycle rider, they flagged down around 9:30 a.m. two motorcycle riders for not wearing helmets while traveling along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Ibabang Iyam.

One of the policemen noticed a “protruding object” inside the bag of back-rider Jeffrey Balundo, 23.

Upon inspection, the cops found a .38 revolver loaded with seven bullets inside the bag.

Balundo failed to produce the permit for the firearm that led to his arrest.

The suspect was detained while charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition were being prepared.

Earlier, an unidentified motorcycle-riding gunman shot dead a male motorcyclist near the area.

The gunman is now the subject of police manhunt. Investigation is ongoing.

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