(Photo courtesy of CIDG)
MANILA – Four suspects, including two Chinese nationals, were arrested in an arms buy-bust operation in Las Piñas City, a ranking police official said on Monday
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) Director Maj. Gen. Albert Ferro said members of the CIDG field unit in Metro Manila nabbed suspects Tomas Adonis, Patrick Rowan, and South Korean nationals Han Bao and Hu Zhi at the Emapalico Subdivision, Las Piñas City on April 23.
Ferro said the operation stemmed from a Chinese informant who said the suspects are selling him illegal firearms through an online transaction.
One of the CIDG agents posed as a driver/assistant of the Chinese poseur buyer during the actual transaction, which led to the arrest of the suspects.
Recovered during the operation were firearms including a 9mm Colt rifle, a caliber 5.56 Colt AR-15 rifle, a .38 caliber revolver, a .45 caliber pistol, various ammunition, marked money, a laptop computer, assorted credit cards, blank cards, and a skimming device.
The suspects will face charges for violation of Republic Act 10591 of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, as amended by RA 11449 (Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998). (PNA)
