COTABATO CITY — Policemen seized two assault rifles and ammunition from two gunrunners clamped down in an entrapment operation in Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte on Tuesday.
Brig. Gen. Romeo J. Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, told reporters on Wednesday that the two suspects are now in the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, awaiting prosecution.
In a report to Mr. Macapaz, Lt. Col. Ariel T. Huesca, regional chief of the CIDG-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said the duo yielded peacefully when they were frisked and cuffed by their agents who had procured two M16 assault rifles and ammunition during a tradeoff. — John Felix M. Unson