Cop Allegedly Involved In Gunrunning Activities Nabbed In Parañaque City
PARAÑAQUE CITY – A cop who was allegedly involved in a gunrunning syndicate was recently arrested in Parañaque City over the weekend.
According to a report from GMA News, the Philippine National Police identified the accused policeman as Police Staff Sergeant Reynolfo Ursulum, aged 50, who is assigned at the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit of the Central Visayas police.
The PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group arrested the suspect during an entrapment operation last Saturday evening in front of a restaurant along Doña Soledad Avenue.
Carvyn Parcon, aged 21, who is said to be the cop’s cohort, was also arrested during the said operation.
Retrieved from the suspects were four Bushmaster M4A1 carbines, a PNP-issued Taurus 9mm pistol, magazine assemblies with live ammunition, ATM and identification cards, and a sports utility vehicle with plate number JUN 660.
Based on the report, initial investigation show that the firearms that were retrieved from the suspects came from Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
Ursulam’s group was said to have operating across Metro Manila.
In another police news, the cops who will be found abusing the use of rattan sticks or yantok are to be punished.
VISIT: Police Abusing Yantok To Get Punished, Penalized Says Lt. Gen. Binag
The government authorized the use of yantok in enforcing physical distancing and other health protocols. The Commission of Human Rights and some lawmakers, however, pointed out its potential abuse.
Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lieutenant General Cesar Hawthorne Binag assured that police abusing the use of yantok will be penalized.
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