5 gun ban violators nabbed
ROXAS CITY – Five violators of the Commission on Elections’ (COMELEC) gun ban and illegal possession of firearms have been apprehended by the police in Capiz since the prohibition of carrying firearms was implemented on September 25 in view of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls last month.
Based on Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) records as of November 4, the violators were arrested with either low caliber guns or deadly weapons in Pontevedra, Ivisan, Pilar, and Tapaz towns and Roxas City.
The gun ban will end on November 10 as stipulated in COMELEC Resolution No. 9028.
The COMELEC has decided to re-implement the total gun ban because security forces have found it efficient in preventing crime and violence during the historic automated elections in May 2010.
CPPO has also apprehended 27 violators during the five-month gun ban in line with the May 10 local and national elections.*PIA
