An illegal gun dealer was killed while three others were arrested in a police entrapment operation that also led to the confiscation of a light machinegun, two assault rifles and a pistol, in Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday.
The unlicensed firearms sold by illegal dealers to policemen during an entrapment operation in Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur on April 25, 2025COTABATO CITY— An illegal gun dealer was killed while three others were arrested in a police entrapment operation that also led to the confiscation of a light machinegun, two assault rifles and a pistol, in Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday.
Personnel of the CIDG-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, led by Police Lt. Col. Ariel Huesca, seized from the suspects a 5.56 caliber K3 light machinegun, two stock-type vintage 5.56 M16 assault rifles and a Colt .45 caliber pistol, according to Tanggawohn. Tanggawohn, citing a report from the Talayan Municipal Police Station, whose personnel also assisted the CIDG-BAR’s illegal firearms sale sting, said that agents under Huesca immediately detained Baliwan, Cabagani and Butuan when they yielded voluntarily after seeing how policemen felled the uncooperative Usman with their service pistols and rifles.
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