ILOILO City – A total of 24 firearms were voluntarily surrendered and deposited with Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) units over a 24-hour period under the ongoing Project RTT 3389 campaign.
According to official data recorded from 6 a.m. on October 22 to 5:59 a.m. on October 23, residents voluntarily surrendered 14 firearms while 10 additional guns were deposited with local police stations pending license renewals.
Meanwhile, 19 police operations yielded one seized firearm, three explosive devices, and two arrests.
PRO-6 director Brigadier General Randulf Tuaño emphasized that achieving 100-percent involvement across all 3,389 barangays in Western Visayas is an ongoing effort to curtail gun violence.
“Ang pakikiisa ng lahat ng 3,389 barangays ay hindi katapusan kundi simula ng mas pinaigting na kampanya. Bawat baril na boluntaryong isinusuko o idinedeposito ay isang panganib na nababawasan sa ating komunidad. Ang tunay na tagumpay ng Project RTT 3389 ay nasusukat sa mga krimeng naiiwasan, buhay na napoprotektahan, at kapayapaang napapanatili,” stated Tuaño.
PRO-6 continues to urge gun owners with expired licenses or unrecorded firearms to coordinate with the nearest police station for proper turnover or safekeeping procedures./PN
