’OPLAN KATOK’ NETS OVER 200 LOOSE GUNS IN CENTRAL LUZON

BY KEVIN GALANG

CAMP OLIVAS,  City of San Fernando, Pampanga — The “Oplan Katok” drive in Central Luzon from March 19 to April 19 saw more than 200 loose firearms voluntarily turned-over and surrendered by gun owners to the authorities.

Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr. said “Oplan Katok” is a program of the Philippine National Police where authorities go house-to-house to visit firearm holders who have not renewed their firearms  license yet to urge them to renew their firearm permits or have their guns stored in police vaults for safekeeping.

Hidalgo said the PRO3’s month-long “Oplan Katok” successfully resulted in the safekeeping of  assorted calibers of firearms. 

“May these figures remind us that owning or possessing a firearm entails responsibility and every gun holder is accountable and responsible to follow the provisions of the law,” the CL top cop said.