BY TARA YAP
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain in Dueñas town, Iloilo province has been arrested for illegal possession of firearm and grenade.
Authorities identified the suspect as Joewinny Giganto of Calang village.
The 59-year-old barangay captain was nabbed Tuesday by combined forces of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-Iloilo), the 602nd Company of Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB), and the Dueñas Municipal Police Station.
Giganto was nabbed by virtue of a search warrant issued by Judge Domingo Casiple Jr. of a Regional Trial Court (RTC-Branch 68) for Republic Act No. 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
Confiscated from Giganto were a .45-caliber pistol, a hand grenade, and several live ammunitions.
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