July 20, 2012


Firearms found 
in CNC compound


Three firearms were confiscated within the Central Negros College Compound during the Friday the 13th raid of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO).

P/Supt. Jefferson T. Descallar, operations chief, led the team from NOPPO with several elements from the San Carlos City Police Office (SCCPO).
One .45 caliber pistol without license was confiscated from Benjamin Perigua, husband of CNC College Dean Isabelita Perigua. With the firearm are eight live ammunitions and a magazine.
One 12 gauge shot gun was also taken from Security Guard Ramil Desoyo of Negros Veterans' Security Agency. The said firearm was found to have a defaced serial number. Another guard, Rolly Heno of Ravenous Security Agency, was found with a .9 mm pistol with five live ammunitions.
Confiscated arms and ammunitions were in the custody of Descallar but it was found that those owned by the guards have license.
Perigua claimed to be a member of a military intelligence group and showed the raiding team his ID of the said organization. But the police persisted because the pistol did not have a license.
The raid was permitted under a search warrant issued by Judge Epifanio Libutan, Jr., Regional Trial Court Branch 50, Bacolod City.
Barangay VI Kagawad Catherine B. Mercado and newsman Henry Sandoval witnessed the raid at 5:30 in the morning, July 13.
NOPPO refuses to disclose the informant who tipped them about the firearms in the school compound. 

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