{"id":206660,"date":"2019-03-21T05:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206660"},"modified":"2019-03-21T05:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:52:32","slug":"over-3k-gun-ban-violators-nabbed-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/21\/over-3k-gun-ban-violators-nabbed-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 3K gun ban violators nabbed so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_202359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202359\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202359\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gun-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banac added that the PNP has so far confiscated a total of 2,603 firearms (includes small, light, and others &#8212; sumpak, improvised or homemade guns) and 22,930 deadly weapons which include grenades and other explosives, bladed\/pointed weapons, ammunition and gun replicas. (Pixabay file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; More than 3,000 persons have been arrested for violating the election gun ban.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson, Col. Bernard Banac said as of 6 a.m. Thursday a total of 3,105 persons have been apprehended in 350,663 police operations since the implementation of the gun ban by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last January 13.<\/p>\n<p>Of this number, 1,690 suspects were intercepted during police patrol operations, 637 through search warrants, and 504 during \u201cOplan Bakal, Sita, Galugad\u201d operations.<\/p>\n<p>Banac said the figures include 234 persons apprehended in checkpoints and 40 others during the serving of warrants of arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He said 2,924 of those arrested are civilians while the other 57 were security guards; 44 were government and elected officials; 32 were police officers; five were military personnel; seven were law enforcers; two members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology; and three foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have also arrested 23 persons from \u201cthreat groups\u201d and six from private armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>Banac added that the PNP has so far confiscated a total of 2,603 firearms (includes small, light, and others &#8212; sumpak, improvised or homemade guns) and 22,930 deadly weapons which include grenades and other explosives, bladed\/pointed weapons, ammunition and gun replicas.<\/p>\n<p>The mid-term elections will be held on May 13 but the gun ban will last until June 12, according to the Comelec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; More than 3,000 persons have been arrested for violating the election gun ban. 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