The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office had the highest number of COMELEC gun ban apprehensions in Western Visayas with 24 from Jan. 12 to March 18.
The Police Regional Office-6 had a total of 84 gun ban apprehensions in the past two months.
Of the 84, NOCPPO arrested 24, followed by the Iloilo province with 19, Capiz – 14, Bacolod City – 9, Iloilo City – 5, and Aklan – 4, the PRO-6 press release said.
The Guimaras, Antique, and Regional Mobile Force Battalion-6 cops each had three arrested violators.
Aside from civilians, they also apprehended uniformed personnel, the PRO-6 reported.
Aside from the arrests, PRO-6 cops also seized 90 firearms, including gun replicas and explosives, the press release added.*