Crackdown nets 16 crime suspects in Cagayan

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya— The Cagayan police arrested 16 people, five of whom were caught possessing unlicensed guns, during simultaneous operations conducted in several towns and in Tuguegarao City as part of its intensified crackdown on illegal guns.

Searches made on the strength of court warrants in Tuguegarao and the towns of Santa Ana, Amulung, Gattaran, Camalaniugan, Gonzaga and Lal-lo, yielded unlicensed firearms, as well as illegal drugs, said Senior Supt. Ronaldo Olay, Cagayan police director, on Thursday.

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Ten suspects with pending arrest warrants for various crimes were also rounded up Wednesday in the towns of Peñablanca, Aparri, Baggao, Alcala, Gattaran, Pamplona, Allacapan and Piat, Olay said. CDG