San Fernando City, La Union: Ilocos region Chief Superintendent Ericson T. Velasquez said about 329 persons who violated the Comelec gun ban have been arrested and some 244  assorted firearms were confiscated during the implementation of the ban all over the region from January 10 to June 8, 2016.

Velasquez said those arrested consisted of 310 civilians, 12 government officials and employees, five security guards and two members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who were carrying firearms, gun replicas, airgun/airsoft gun, explosives and bladed weapons.

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