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PNP arrests 555 wanted persons in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY (PIA)—The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested 555 wanted persons from its 553 operations conducted from January to October of this year.

Police Lt. Col. Lester Leada, Deputy Director for Operations of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), said 10 of the Most Wanted Persons (MWP) were apprehended at the city level and 141 similar operations at the police station level.

Combined police operations hauled 404 other wanted persons (OWP).

On BCPOs campaign against loose firearms, Col. Leada said 23 persons were arrested for violating the country’s firearms law from January to October of this year.

He said 127 operations were conducted where the office accounted for several firearms.

Of the 20 confiscated firearms, six are service firearms (SA) while 14 are homemade (HM) guns.

Some 78 firearms were surrendered to the police. Of the number, three are service firearms (SA), 64 homemade (HM), and 11 are explosives.

Deposited firearms reached 34, while two other homemade firearms were recovered.

Col. Leada noted that from the period January to November 2022, local events were peacefully held in the city with no bank robberies, no kidnap for ransom and no media killings recorded.  (AAL/Lljr/PIA6 Negros Occidental) 

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