CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—Police arrested a 53 years old armed motorcycle driver in a checkpoint in City of Meycauayan and fifteen illegal drug suspects in different anti-criminality operations on Thursday.
Bulacan Police Director Col. Relly Arnedo said the 53-years-old was arrested after he was found to have an unlicensed .38 caliber revolver inside his bag. He was stopped in a checkpoint operation along Mac Arthur Highway for not wearing a helmet while riding his motorcycle.
When asked for his license and vehicle papers, his bag yielded a firearm. The firearm has no serial number, police said.
Three live bullets were confiscated from the suspect. Appropriate complaints relative to the violation of RA 10591 (Illegal Possession of Firearm) have been filed against him.
In a series of anti-illegal drug operations conducted by Bulacan Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) operatives in City of Malolos, Marilao, Bocaue, and Obando police stations, fifteen illegal drug suspects were arrested.
The arrested yielded 27 sachets of shabu worth P85,000.
