CAMP S.K. PENDATUN, Maguindanao del Sur — Police authorities have launched a manhunt for the companions of a Lanao del Sur village chairman who died during a firearms buy-bust on Saturday.
The village official, identified as Billy Jack Ogca, chairman of Barangay Poblacion in Balabagan town, Lanao del Sur province, was fatally injured after he traded shots with the law enforcement officers during the 1 p.m. operation.LtCol. Ariel Huesca, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said four other companions of the village chief managed to escape.
Several of the firearms seized during a police anti-illegal firearms operation in Malabang town, Lanao del Sur, on Saturday . Slain during the operation was Billy Jack Ogca , chairperson of Barangay Poblacion in Balabagan town, who was part of the group dealing the firearms. Huesca said one of the village chairman's companions earlier agreed to deal with a police undercover agent on the sale of assorted firearms.
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