19/07/2024
PRO-6 nabbed 358 persons, yielded 2,112 assorted fi****ms in first six months of 2024
ILOILO City - Police Regional Office 6's (PRO-6) relentless efforts toward a gun-free community enabled the seizure of 2,112 assorted fi****ms, 316 explosives and arrest of 358 persons in the first six months of 2024.
From the numbers of seized fi****ms, 414 were confiscated through iron hand, while 1,698 through soft hand approach. The latter includes the deposited, abandoned and the surrendered fi****ms.
Below are the contributions of different police units in terms of fi****ms confiscation:
• Aklan Police Provincial Office (AkPPO) with 205 assorted fi****ms confiscated;
• Antique Police Provincial Office (AntPPO) – 259;
• Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) – 208;
• Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) – 32;
• Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) – 367;
• Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) – 60;
• Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) – 653;
• Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) – 92; and
• Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6 (RMFB6) with 236.
On the number of arrests, the following are their contribution:
• AkPPO with 15 arrests;
• AntPPO – 24;
• CPPO – 51;
• GPPO – 9;
• IPPO – 84
• ICPO – 19;
• NOCPPO – 125;
• BCPO – 26; and
• RMFB6 with 5 arrests.
Meanwhile, of the 316 explosives recovered, 100 were confiscated through iron hand and 216 through soft hand approach with NOCPPO having the highest number with 118, IPPO - 60, AntPPO - 49, AkPPO – 40, CPPO - 28, BCPO - 11, ICPO – 5, RMFB 6 – 4 and GPPO with 1.
PRO-6 implemented the initiative ‘Tokhang Kontra Armas Luthang (TKAL) effectively, an inventiveness aimed at revitalizing the campaign against criminality, specifically targeting the proliferation of loose fi****ms.
This endeavor employs both the soft-hand approach, known as ‘Tokhang Panagbalay’, and the iron-hand approach, which involves strict law enforcement through focused-police operations.
Western Visayas top cop, Brigadier General Jack L W***y, lauded the efforts of the different police units across the region to account these loose fi****ms, explosives and the corresponding arrests made.
“Your individual contributions in commendable. These will prevent the occurrence of crimes using fi****ms. Despite this feat, I urge you to continue to account for the remaining loose fi****ms in the region.”
“Sa mga kababayan po natin na may hawak na hindi lisensyadong baril, maari pong i surrender or deposit niyo ho ito sa pinaka malapit ng himpilan ng Pulisya,” PBGen W***y added.