Man nabbed for selling firearms without licenses

A man was arrested by operatives of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Detective and Special Operation Unit (CIDG-DSOU) for allegedly selling unlicensed firearms.

According to a report on Unang Balita on Friday by Jay Sabale, the suspect arrested was identified as Ramon Atong.

The suspect was nabbed after CIDG-DSOU operatives set an entrapment operation inside his car.

For P60,000, Atong would sell a 9-mm Barretta with extra magazine and ammunition and a 12-gauge shotgun.

"Itong mga nakuha natin sa kanya accordingly tumatanggap siya ng mga binebentang mga baril particularly mga undocumented firearms. Afterwards, binebenta rin niya sa iba," said Senior Inspector Reydian Corales, chief of operations of CIDG-DSOU.

Recovered inside the car of Atong were a caliber .40 firearm and ammunition.

Atong did not deny that he was selling unlicensed firearms.

"Dala lang ng pangangailangan 'yung mga guns na 'yan in my possession. Nabili ko lang naman 'yan, parang savings din," he said.

"Delikado talaga ito dahil 'pag ito ay napasakamay sa mga lawless element. Maaaring gamitin ito sa mga krimen. At pwede ring ito na ipatay sa aming kapwa pulis," Corales said.

Authorities also recovered an Army reservist ID card and NBI badge inside Atong's car. They are currently verifying the authenticity of these items as of posting time. —KG, GMA News