COTABATO CITY — Police arrested a man with a gun at a checkpoint in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat, while assorted firearms and explosives were also seized in the houses of his brothers in separate raids Tuesday.
Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, police regional director for Region 12, said arrested at a police checkpoint in Purok Mupak, Barangay Tambak, Lambayong, was Roy Guimal Mupak for possession of a firearm and explosive.
Seized from Mupak were a .38-caliber revolver with ammunition and a hand grenade.
In separate follow-up operations, police raided the house of Datu Not Mupak but he eluded arrest. Seized from his home were a rifle grenade projectile, a 9-mm improvised machine pistol and ammunition.
In another house, lawmen also recovered a fragmentation grenade in the room of Muslimen Mupak, another sibling of the suspects, who they said also managed to elude arrest.
“Our fight against criminality continues, even intensified. For as long as there is threat to our peace and security in the region, we will not rest yet, we will conscientiously perform our job,” Morales said in a statement.
Morales added that their primary duty is “to give the people of Soccsksargen their right to have a peaceful living, and that is through giving teeth to the law.”
Charges for violation of RA 10591 (Illegal Possession of Firearms and Explosives) are being prepared against Mupak, who is now detained at Sultan Kudarat provincial police office jail. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
