00:00In the middle of the election gun ban, a man who was just released from prison was arrested by the armed forces in Ibang Asunto.
00:06Bea Pinlac was the one who was arrested.
00:11The police searched the house of this 31-year-old man.
00:16They received a report that the man was smoking and firing a gun near his house in Malanday, Valenzuela.
00:24The man was almost released from the prison of Masangkot sa Akyatbahay in 2018.
00:30But he was re-imprisoned after he was caught with a gun or improvised gun, live ammunition for a shotgun, and a grenade.
00:38We still don't know if he used these for his crimes.
00:44The suspect explained that his friend sold him a gun for P900.
00:51It's not mine. I just sold it.
00:54For a few days, I tested it in front of our house.
00:58I fired it. It exploded. For a few days, I also sold it, ma'am.
01:05He was in debt when he sold it to another friend for P500.
01:11It's not mine anymore. I don't use that gun anymore.
01:14It's new, ma'am. It's been a while since I was released from prison.
01:19The suspect is facing charges of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and explosives
01:24and violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
01:28For GMA Integrated News, Bea Pinlac, for Tutok 24 Horas.
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