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PNP: 24 arrested over the holidays for firing guns

The Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon City. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Bianca Dava

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The Philippine National Police has arrested 24 people from 30 recorded cases of &quot;indiscriminate&quot; firing of guns during the holiday season.</p><p>The 24 arrested between December 16 and January 2 include one military personnel, one Bureau of Corrections personnel, one security guard, and two police officers. </p><p>The Revised Penal Code punishes those who &quot;wilfully and indiscriminately discharge any firearm or other device that may not have been designed as firearm, but can be functionally used as a firearm&quot; with imprisonment of up to six months unless heavier charges like homicide and murder are warranted.</p><p>The illegal discharge of firearms carries a penalty one degree higher when done by military and law enforcement personnel.</p><p>The rest of those arrested are civilians while seven suspects are still at large.</p><p>The PNP confiscated a total of 17 firearms in the incidents.</p><p>The PNP also reported that five people were injured in the cases of indiscriminate firing.</p><p>Meanwhile, 14 cases of stray bullets were recorded during the same period: six in the National Capital Region; one in Central Luzon; one in Central Visayas; three in Zamboanga Peninsula; one in Northern Mindanao; one in Davao Region; and one in Cordillera Administrative Region.</p><p>These incidents resulted in eight injuries.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2024/12/30/pnp-destroys-more-than-6-000-illegal-firecrackers-in-rizal-1540">PNP destroys more than 6,000 illegal firecrackers in Rizal</a></div><div><strong>ILLEGAL FIRECRACKERS</strong></div><p>More than 600,000 illegal firecrackers have been confiscated so far, according to the PNP.</p><p>Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the confiscated firecrackers are estimated to be worth P4.046 million.</p><p>A total of 83 individuals have been arrested in connection with the illegal possession and sale of firecrackers.</p><p>Most of the arrests were reported in Calabarzon with 42, followed by Eastern Visayas with 17 and Metro Manila with 10.</p><p>The PNP added a total of 822 were injured and two were killed due to firecrackers.</p><p>The two fatalities were recorded in Ilocos Region and in Central Visayas.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mi_vIMLjsoo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Philippine National Police has recorded 30 cases of indiscriminate discharge of firearms during the holiday season, with 24 individuals apprehended following the incidents from December 16 to January 2.</p>

The Philippine National Police has recorded 30 cases of indiscriminate discharge of firearms during the holiday season, with 24 individuals apprehended following the incidents from December 16 to January 2.