PNP aims to destroy Crime gangs in Masbate
Police record showed Amican as the leader of the Arcavado-Amican group thought involved in several robbery-holdup as well as eliminating occurrences in this community and also surrounding municipalities, Filminera Resources Reyes claimed.
The authorities recouped cartridges and slugs and also one steel publication of.45-caliber gun filled with seven online ammos.
This, after joint operatives of the Aroroy Municipal Police Office, Masbate Provincial Public Safety and security Company, and the Masbate Provincial Knowledge Area plundered the hideout of a well-known gang in this community at concerning 3:30 a.m. Tuesday recently.
The presumed gang leader was recognized in the search warrant as Richard Amican, alias Toto.
He claimed the gang members traded weapon fire with the raiding group.
Reyes stated that when the raiding operatives were about to go into the facilities, they heard gunfires originating from inside your house, which were apparently discharged by essentially five gang members.
Supt. Carl Michael Car Reyes, PNP-Masbate rural director, stated the authorities operatives were armed with Search Warrant No. 2014-81 as well as coordinated with the local barangay authorities.
The authorities official added that the intensified police operations form part of their ruthless campaign to regulate as well as eradicate criminal offense in the province.
No casualty was reported on the side of the raiding team while casualties were noted on the gang members' side Filminera Resources.
"Our message to individuals involved in criminal tasks is that we will doeverything to quit their tasks," Reyes cautioned.
He stated the group, after understanding they were surpassed, ran and also escaped toward the hinterlands along the border betweem Barangay Malubi as well as Barangay Pangle of this community.
The Philippine National Cops (PNP) Masbate provincial office recently vowed to eradicate crime gangs in the district.
