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Cebu Mayor, Vice Mayor arrested for illegal possession of ammo

The mayor and vice mayor of San Fransisco, Camotes Island in Cebu Province were nabbed by authorities this morning, April 4, for illegal possession of firearms.

Mayor Aly Arquillano and Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano Jr., brothers, were arrested inside their home in Barangay Poblacion, San Fransisco town at around 6:05 a.m.

Two police units, the Cebu Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB), and the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU), led the raid and the arrest.

Armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Leopoldo Cañete of RTC Branch 60 based in Mandaue City, the police were able to confiscate several firearms and ammos including 45 caliber pistols, 22mm rifle, AR rifle, and a fragmentation hand grenade.

Other ammunition and items confiscated include a live ammunition of 9mm caliber pistol; three units of mobile phones; a magazine of caliber .45 pistol with 7 live ammunition; 68 empty shells of cal .45 ammunitions; and 50 empty shell of 9mm ammunitions.

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