ZAMBOANGA CITY: Government forces raided at dawn on Friday an illegal gun shop supplying weapons to pro-Islamic State (IS)groups and criminal gangs in Barangay Poblacion, Buluan in Maguindanao, officials said.

Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the 6th Infantry Division (6th ID) said army soldiers backed by heavily armed elements of the Special Action Force and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-ARMM) raided the shop and served a search warrant against Abusama Abpun, 60, an illegal firearms gunsmith.

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