A man was arrested with a firearm and drugs during a police operation at Brgy. La Granja, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, August 31.
Nabbed was Kene Mañoso, 41.
The policemen were acting on a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms issued by La Carlota Regional Trial Court Judge Cyclamen Jison Fernandez on August 25.
Mañoso yielded a .45 caliber pistol with two magazines and 16 ammunition, 30 grams of shabu worth P204,000, a weighing scale, and drug paraphernalia, the police said.
The police are still verifying the reports that the suspect was allegedly involved in gun-running activities and illegal drugs.
He is now in police custody and is facing charges for illegal possession of firearm and drugs.*