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A policeman has been placed under administrative investigation after he was arrested for allegedly selling unlicensed firearms.
PO2 Jose Reden Rios Hortelano could be dismissed from service if proven guilty of the charges, said Chief Supt. Lani-O Nerez, police director for Central Visayas.
Hortellano, who was assigned in Tabogon town, denied that he was involved in gunrunning.
Nerez said investigators would also try to identify the buyers as the guns could be used in the next year's election.
Hortelano, 37, and a companion Sony Cartalla, 37, were arrested on Saturday in an entrapment operation conducted by agents from the Regional Intelligence Division and members of the Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion in barangay Taytay, Danao City.
Charges of illegal possession of firearms were filed against the two men on Tuesday before the Cebu Provincial Prosecutor's Office.
Confiscated during the raid were two KG9 automatic rifle; one M16 A1 rifle; a .45 caliber pistol; two magazines for KG9 automatic rifle; a magazine for M16 A1 rifle with 23 live bullets and one magazine for .45 caliber pistol loaded with three bullets.
