NABBED. Suspect Arnel Dumahel slumps on the pavement while on handcuffs shortly after getting arrested in Barangay Talungon, Bais City, Negros Oriental on Monday (Jan. 10, 2022) night for violating the Comelec gun ban. He is also facing charges for illegal possession of firearms. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office)
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police personnel arrested Negros Oriental’s first “violator” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in Barangay Talungon, Bais City on Monday night.
A police report identified the suspect as Arnel Apatan Dumahel, 32, of Sitio Medalla, Barangay Calasgaan, who was arrested shortly after he allegedly evaded a joint Comelec-police-military checkpoint in Talungon.
Bais City police personnel were conducting the checkpoint along the national highway when they spotted the suspect who suddenly disembarked from his motorcycle a few meters away and fled.
The police put up a chase and arrested him in the same village.
Seized from him were a caliber .45 Colt MK IV handgun, five live ammunition, and a steel magazine.
Also recovered was his Yamaha motorcycle.
The suspect has been detained as charges for violation of the Comelec gun ban and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition are being readied against him.
The election period officially began on January 9, also the day the Comelec gun ban took effect until June 8. (PNA)
