KALIBO, Aklan – An ice cream vendor in Numancia, Aklan landed in jail after police recovered an unlicensed handgun from him.
The 40-year-old Invensor Rampola Nervar of Barangay Bulwang, Numancia was arrested in a house raid the police conducted around 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 4.
Officers from the municipal police station were armed with a search warrant that Judge Bienvenido Barrios Jr. of the Regional Trial Court in Kalibo issued on Oct. 3 when they staged the operation in line with the Police Regional Office 6’s “Tokhang Kontra Ginadumili-an nga Pusil” campaign.
“Ako lang humahawak ng baril dahil namatay na ang lolo ko noong isang taon,” said Nervar. “Walang tao sa bahay ni lolo sa Libacao kaya dinala ko itong baril dito. Matagal at sira na itong armas. Nakatago ito sa bahay naming.”
The firearm recovered from Nervar was a .38-caliber handgun loaded with 11 live bullets.
“May nagreklamo sa akin at nagpa-blotter sa pulis at iyon ang pinagbasehan ng search warrant. Nagulat ako ng dumating ang mga pulis at nag-raid,” Nervar said.
He was detained in the lockup facility of the Numancia municipal police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. (With Aklan Forum Journal/PN)
