Abra police seize weapons in simultaneous raids

ABRA, Philippines — Heavy munitions including an assault rifle, rifle-propelled grenades and a semi-automatic pistol were seized during a raid on an alleged paid killer’s house in Lagayan town in Abra early Monday morning.

 

Abra police, aided by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group from the Abra and Cordillera offices, raided the house of Billy Pasiguen in Barangay Pang-ot and found an M16 assault rifle; 223 bullet rounds for the rifle; nine M16 magazines; 11 pieces of M203 grenade ammunition; a cal.-45 pistol and magazine; seven cal.-45 bullets; and two bandoliers for the assault rifle.

 

Police, however, did not catch Pasiguen, who is allegedly a member of the Guzman gun-for-hire group tagged in paid assassinations in Abra.

 

Pasiguen however will still be hunted down, the Abra police said, to face illegal gun possession charges and for the various paid assassinations he and his group were allegedly involved in.

 

While police were raiding Pasiguen's house, authorities also raided the house of Dennis Andoy in the same barangay and seized a shotgun and bullets.

 

Andoy also managed to evade the raiding team, though he will still be facing charges at the Abra prosecutor’s office.