TAYUM, Abra – A 16-year old miner allegedly serving as an aide of San Juan Vice Mayor Apollo Magala Bernardino was arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence agents after having found in his possession a calibre .45 pistol and several rounds of ammunitions during a checkpoint at Garadani, here, Wednesday.
Police declined to provide the identity of the arrested gun-wielder but described him to be 16 years old.
Initial police investigation showed the operating troops flagged down the vehicle of the local official with the minor on board and saw the portion of a gun protruding from the bag that was on his possession.
During the said search, the operating troops recovered the firearm and a magazine with eight rounds of ammunition and that the firearm was registered under the name of the local official.
The minor was brought to the Tayum Municipal Police Station for documentation awaiting the filing of the appropriate charges against him.
By Dexter A. See