A Manila-bound couple was arrested by Office of Transportation Security (OTS) and the Aviation Security Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) operatives for bringing in 14 live bullets to Boracay Airport in Malay town, Aklan province.

 Police Officer 2 Nante Briones, investigator of Malay PNP, identified the suspect as 29-year-old Jerome Sulit of Quezon City.

 Based on initial investigation, Sulit and his wife checked in at the airport past 11 a.m. of April 28, 2016. Security inspector Christian John Tesorero found the bullets inside Sulit’s sling bag while it was being scanned by the X-ray machine inside the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, also known as Caticlan Airport.

 When authorities asked Sulit to open his sling bag, they found 14 live bullets and an empty cartridge from a .22 caliber pistol.

After his arrest, Sulit was turned over to the Malay PNP and will face charges of violating the election gun ban.

The newlywed couple, it was learned, was supposed to have a honeymoon vacation in Manila when their luggage was intercepted before they could board their Cebgo flight DG6244.

Source:
courtesy of MANILA BULLETIN

by Jun Aguirre And Ariel Fernandez

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