SPPO director, Senior Supt. Nicolas Torre III, said putting
Calbayog as priority in their drive against unregistered firearms is not
because of politics, but based on facts.
“We are not singling out Calbayog. It just shows in the crime map
and crime analysis that the concentration of crime is in that particular city,”
said Torre said in a press briefing where he turned over assorted firearms and
bullets recovered last week in Calbayog to the regional office for further
examination.
“The crime map shows high incidence so we base our decision in
deploying our resources. After shooting incidents, we have been recording a lot
of hacking incidence maybe because we have already recovered many loose
firearms,” Torre added.
Early this year, the City Council of Calbayog passed a resolution
declaring Torre as “persona non grata” citing the official’s alleged
involvement in partisan political activity during last year’s election and
failure to curb criminality in the city.
Calbayog Mayor Ronaldo Aquino endorsed the adoption of the
resolution.
Torre said he is just doing his job to fight crimes in Calbayog,
which is considered as the third largest city in the Philippines in terms of
land area.
Another factor why crime is more prevalent in Calbayog is its vast
land area, which is half of the size of Laguna province, Torre noted.
“Laguna has 3,000 policemen while Calbayog City has 100 policemen
assigned in the area,” Torre said.
On August 14, Samar police recovered a cache of loose firearms
from a village chief in Calbayog City. Samar police intelligence team recovered
during the raid .45-caliber pistols, magazines, carbine rifles, revolvers,
homemade shotguns, grenades, live ammunitions, and improvised shotguns.
Samar police is investigating why a local official in an upland
Patong village have to keep assorted firearms. (LAAA/PNA)
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