One of the firearms seized by the police from the four arrested suspects tagged in the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo tested positive in the cross-matching and ballistic examination of the Philippine National Police (PNP), a police spokesperson said on Saturday, March 11.
Police Colonel Jean Fajardo, PNP spokesperson, said a rifle recovered by the police from the suspects during a follow up operation in Bayawan City shortly after the killing of the governor and eight others last March 4 “was used to kill Governor Degamo.”
It can be recalled that joint forces from the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group , Special Action Force , and the 11Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army raided a compound at Purok 4 in Brgy. Poblacion, Basay where three houses owned by Teves and two other properties belonging to his “close associates” and secretary are located.
Meanwhile, Fajardo said the PNP has already received instructions as to what shall be done when Teves comes back to the Philippines. Random checkpoints and roadblocks were already setup in Negros Oriental in Central Visayas as well as in nearby areas in Western Visayas to catch the escaped assassins.
But the PNP spokesperson wouldn’t divulge details on the identity of the mastermind so as not to jeopardize the ongoing investigation.
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