00:00The police and two soldiers who were involved in the illegal sale of guns were arrested in a separate operation in Cotabato City.
00:09Jun Venaracion was arrested.
00:12EXCLUSIVE!
00:18The target of the police who were involved in the gun running was still in uniform
00:22when he was arrested in the entrapment operation this morning in Cotabato City.
00:27He was no longer surrounded by his comrades.
00:31He was not far from a PNP camp where the transaction was planned.
00:35As for what was obtained from the suspect, the police massive sergeant Muktasik Hadil Israel,
00:41the two M16 rifles that he was selling were worth P160,000 each.
00:47Just imagine, he was in uniform selling illegal firearms.
00:54This is our warning to all of our policemen that this kind of activity is not profitable for our country.
01:01His accomplice was able to escape the arrest of the police.
01:04They are still investigating who his connections are in the sale of illegal firearms
01:09and who bought them from him.
01:11This could lead to different kinds of groups, particularly to criminal elements.
01:17That is why we are doing this, we really need to account for the illegal firearms.
01:23We will check if he has been involved in such illegal activity for a long time.
01:28We will secure a court warrant so that we can open the cell where he is in possession.
01:37Just a week ago, the two members of the Philippine Army CAFGO were also arrested in the Barbas operation in Cotabato City
01:44who were also involved in the sale of illegal firearms.
01:47When these two CAFGOs were arrested, they voluntarily confided to the CIDG investigators
01:54that the firearms were sold by the Philippine Army's uniformed personnel.
02:01We are also trying to get the statement of the three arrested,
02:04who are still under the custody of the PNP-CIDG in Cotabato City.
02:09Meanwhile, the PNP-CIDG is coordinating with the Philippine Army
02:14to be included in the case of violation of the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition.
02:19The member of the PNP-CIDG is the one who was arrested for the possession of two CAFGOs,
02:24which were called gunrunners.
02:25For GMA Integrated News, I'm Jun Veneracion, for 24 Hours.
