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Remember Allan Bigcas? Arrested again after allegedly pointing a gun at a cop

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/abs-cbnnews/a_images/thumbnails/42013_bigcas.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Lynard Allan Bigcas. File photo</div></figcaption></figure></div>CAGAYAN DE ORO - Controversial businessman Lynard Allan Bigcas was arrested on Wednesday morning in a hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.Bigcas got into a heated argument with Police Officer 1 Abdul Wahid Abdullah, who was also hotel guest, at the lobby of the hotel.Abdullah alleged Bigcas pointed a cal. 9mm at him which resulted in a commotion.Bigcas was arrested at the fire exit after he attempted to escape.Police is still conducting an investigation into the incident.He is charged with grave threats.This would not be his first run-in with the law.In 2011, elements of the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recovered a Hollywood screenwriter&#x27;s bike and other luxury vehicles in a raid at his home in Poblacion, Talakag, Bukidnon.<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/-depth/05/05/11/search-x-men-writers-bike-uncovers-smuggling-ring">Search for X-Men writer&#x27;s bike uncovers smuggling ring</a></li></ul>He was also suspected of being involved in <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/05/05/11/alleged-car-smuggler-tagged-weapons-trade">illegal weapons trade</a>, after NBI agents recovered a &quot;black book&quot; that listed clients from influential political clans in Mindanao who bought high-powered firearms from the United States.The weapons included .50-caliber rifles and M4 assault rifles that could fall in the hands of terrorists, investigators said.He was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/08/26/11/bigcas-arrested-cdo">arrested</a> August that year in connection with the charge of illegal possession of firearms, but filed for bail.In February 2012, his name was implicated in a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/02/21/12/cops-hunt-bigcas-after-alleged-slay-try">shooting incident</a> in Davao City.He was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/08/04/12/bigcas-arrested-anew-cdo">arrested anew</a> in August that same year for illegal possession of firearms and drugs.He has also posted bail for those charges.In 2013, Bigcas lost the Bukidnon <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/04/19/13/alleged-smuggler-zubiri-face-bukidnon-polls">gubernatorial race</a> to then-Vice Governor Jose Maria Zubiri. - report from Ronnie Enderes, ABS-CBN News

CAGAYAN DE ORO - Controversial businessman Lynard Allan Bigcas was arrested on Wednesday morning in a hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

CAGAYAN DE ORO - Controversial businessman Lynard Allan Bigcas was arrested on Wednesday morning in a hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.