Gwen’s son turns over firearms to Cebu police

Days after his license was revoked, the son of suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia turned over five firearms to the Cebu Provincial Police Office yesterday.

With sister Cristina Codilla-Frasco as lawyer, Paulo Garcia turned over two .9 mm pistols, one M-14 rifle, one M-16 rifle and a shotgun to Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, Cebu provincial police chief.

“We are law-abiding citizens,” Frasco told reporters after her brother and his wife Michel turned over the firearms.

She said they heard reports about the revocation of Paulo’s license and have yet to receive any notice from the police.

“As a sign of good faith and as a sign of Paulo’s continued willingness to comply with all our laws, rules and regulations, that is why we turned over the firearms,” Frasco told reporters.

She also said it would be a surprise to them if ever the licenses would be canceled since ‘Paulo had been faithfully carrying those firearms with a willingness to comply with PNP” regulations.

“Since my brother’s firearms have finally been turned over, maybe (Chief Supt. Marcelo Garbo, Police Regional Office-7 chief) could now concentrate on the crimes which are still left unsolved,” Frasco said.

Garcia’s license was revoked following his assault of several policemen at the Capitol in December last year.

The Firearms Licensing and Registration Board revoked the licenses based on the recommendation of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7).

Garbo earlier said the disrepectful conduct of Garcia and his two friends in berating police personnel tasked with removing tents posted at the Capitol main gate last Dec. 19 was sufficient ground to revoke the licenses.

The PRO-7 chief called on Garcia and his friends to turn over their firearms lest it be confiscated from their possession.

Garcia reportedly hit Insp. Alvin Enguito on the head in anger, knocking off his cap,   for removing tents used by his mother’s supporters.

Garcia and his friends were charged with direct assault before the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office. Correspondent Joy Cherry Quito with a report from Correspondent Chito Aragon