ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 6, 2014) – Police arrested a man for possessing an unlicensed pistol after he was caught carrying the weapon in his bag while being questioned over a traffic violation in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
Ahris Galvez, 30, was driving his truck when flagged down by policemen led by Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca at a checkpoint along San Jose Road for traffic violation.
Huesca, the head of the Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guards Section, said he asked Galvez for his driver’s license and the truck’s registration as a routine inspection when he spotted the barrel of the gun from the man’s bag.
He said he asked Galvez whether he has a license or a permit to carry the gun, but the man failed to show any documents that would allow him to possess the weapon.
“We will file a case against Galvez for illegal possession of firearm,” Huesca, who is also the regional police spokesman, said.
Huesca, along with members of the Highway Patrol Group, Regional Public Safety Battalion, Regional Special Operations Group, the Regional Police Office and the Zamboanga City Police Office, have been conducting random checkpoints, especially at night, in various areas here. (Mindanao Examiner)
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