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Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/10/rey-galua-011018.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Authorities have yet to confirm if former USTP employee Rey Galua is involved in the killing of USTP President Ricardo Rotoras on Dec. 2, 2017. Joey Taguba, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>CAGAYAN DE ORO - A former employee of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), whose president was shot dead last month, was nabbed Tuesday for possession of firearms and explosives.Rey Galua was arrested after PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Northern Mindanao served a search warrant in his home in Upper Canitoan, which yielded several firearms and explosives.&quot;Meron tayong na-receive na reports coming sa mga informants at ininform tayo na meron siyang mga firearms. So, nagconduct tayo ng surveillance at nag-apply tayo ng search warrant,&quot; said Police Supt. Melgar Devaras, deputy regional chief of CIDG Region 10.The firearms seized from Galua will be subjected to ballistic examination to see if these will match the empty shells recovered from the crime scene where USTP President Ricardo Rotoras was killed last December 2, 2017. Authorities, however, have yet to determine if Galua was involved in the killing of Rotoras.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/17/university-president-patay-sa-pamamaril-sa-cdo">University president patay sa pamamaril sa CDO</a></li></ul>&quot;This will be a big evidence if it will match so that we can file a case,&quot; said Police Chief Insp. Mardy Hortillosa, spokesperson of Cagayan de Oro City Police.Although still unsure of Galua&#x27;s link to his brother Ricardo&#x27;s death, Eldie Rotoras said this will somehow help in the investigation.The USTP, in a statement, meanwhile, thanked the agencies that are helping in the investigation.It added that prudence pertaining to queries regarding the case is needed due to its sensitivity.&quot;We thank the media and all concerned for their understanding of the necessity for prudence on the part of the community members at this time, when all answers to queries must be weighed with care, given the sensitive nature of the situation,&quot; the USTP said.Galua is facing charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives.

CAGAYAN DE ORO - A former employee of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), whose president was shot dead last month, was nabbed Tuesday for possession of firearms and explosives.

CAGAYAN DE ORO - A former employee of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), whose president was shot dead last month, was nabbed Tuesday for possession of firearms and explosives.

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Cops to test arrested man's firearms for fatal shooting of university president

Angelo Andrade,

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Published Jan 10, 2018 07:46 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 10, 2018 07:47 PM PHT

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