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CAMP GEN. ALEJO S. SANTOS, Bulacan - Three individuals were arrested in separate police operations in this province for violating the gun ban on Tuesday. The gun ban is enforced by the Commission on Elections in connection with the May 9 polls. In a police report on Wednesday, Col. Rommel Javier Ochave, acting provincial director of the Bulacan Police Provincial Office, said the suspects were identified as Kyle Christian Mendones, of Barangay Lias, and Nomer Mendoza, of Barangay Ibayo, both in Marilao town, and Marcelo Yambot, a former barangay watchman of Barangay San Agustin, San Miguel town. The Marilao police launched "Oplan Sita" along Lias Road after receiving an intelligence report that Mendones often carried a gun and illegally fired it in Barangay Lambakin which alarmed the residents. During verification, Ochave said Mendones failed to present pertinent documents for his .45-caliber pistol and motorcycle. Meanwhile, an anti-illegal drug operation by the Station Drug
Police chiefs across the country have been ordered to start coordinating with officials of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in towns and cities to discuss the security of barangay officials following the death of two more barangay executives in Nueva Ecija and Samar.
According to police