POLICE have arrested at least 24 people and seized 34 firearms during an operation dubbed “One Time Big Time” conducted over the weekend in Butuan City and the provinces of Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur, all in southern Philippines.

Supt. Daniel Puesca, police spokesman in Caraga, said in a report that a police team, armed with 19 search warrants, swooped down Saturday at the homes of gun-ban violators in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; Carrascal and Cantilan towns in Surigao del Sur; and the municipalities of Rosario, Esperanza, San Francisco, Bunawan and Talacogon – all in Agusan del Sur.

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