00:00A man suspected of selling illegal firearms was arrested in an entrapment operation by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group at a gas station in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
00:12Undercover officers posing as buyers caught the suspect with high-powered firearms, magazines, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, all hidden in garbage bags and reportedly worth over 700,000 pesos.
00:25Authorities believe the weapons were smuggled into the country in parts and assembled locally for sale to gun collectors and criminal groups, including guns for hire.
00:35Meanwhile, the PNP is pursuing other suspects and investigating a possible large-scale gun-running syndicate operating in the Philippines.
