ILOILO City – A resident of Barangay Bagacay, San Rafael, Iloilo faces an illegal possession of a firearm charge, a police report showed.
The 40-year-old Jimmy Bunda was caught in possession of a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver without serial number at a checkpoint in Barotac Viejo town at around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Municipal police station personnel and eight police noncommissioned officers were manning the checkpoint along the national highway in Barangay Poblacion at the time.
The revolver had six live ammunition in its cylinder, stated the police report.
Bunda may be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, police said.
The Barotac Viejo police took Bunda in custody./PN