Abra PNP bares top 100 most wanted persons

Posted on | Thursday, 16 June 2011 | No Comments

by Maritess B. Beñas

BANGUED, Abra - The Provincial Police Office here recently released the names of the top 100 most wanted persons in the province in an effort to solve the increasing rate of crime incidence in the area.

Almost all the wanted persons in the list are either charged or convicted of murder. With these people freely roaming around, they pose threat to the peace and security of the people. Worse, these could be tapped as hired criminals especially by people who want to sow terror in the province or by people who want to avenge their family members who are victims of violence and criminality, the police said.

Aside from baring the list of most wanted persons, provincial director PSSupt. Amando S. Lagiwid committed during the last quarterly meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council(PPOC) meeting the conduct of spot inspection of the dealers of arms and ammunitions in Bangued.

In his report on the result of the spot inspection of the two dealers in Bangued, PSI Angelito Dangli Jr., provincial information officer, said the two gun dealers had two violations - sale of PNP uniforms and the sale of M16 armalite rifles and other high power guns and ammunitions.

Under Republic Act 9516, private businesses are not allowed to sell and distribute firearms and ammunitions including all other paraphernalia of uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

It must be noted that PNP uniforms are exclusively procured, made, and distributed by the PNP alone and are not supposed to be sold elsewhere because of the high probability and tendency that these uniforms and other paraphernalia men in uniform often land in the hands of private, civilian people who are used as “gun for hire.”

Dangli said the PNP will file charges against the two dealers for violation of RA 9516. (JDP/MTBB-PIA CAR Abra)

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