Some 700 people have been arrested in different parts of the country as the Philippine National Police (PNP) continue the implementation of the Commission on Election's gun ban rule, a police official on Monday.

In a text message to Philippine News Agency (PNA), , PNP spokesman Senior Supt. Wilben Mayor said that as of 6:33 a.m. 709 persons, mostly civilians, have been apprehended since the implementation of the firearms ban last September 27.

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