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SAF man injured as ex-mayor arrested

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A Special Action Force trooper was wounded when policemen engaged in a brief shootout Wednesday morning with a group of a former mayor in Pampanga, Central Luzon police director Chief Superintendent Aaron Aquino said.

The trooper was hurt during the serving of a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of Arayat ex-mayor Luis Espino, alias “Chito,” and his four men in Barangay Cacutud, Arayat.

Aquino said the shootout occurred at around 5 a.m. at Espino’s residence in an operation led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group backed up by the SAF police.

“Espino was arrested. One of his four men arrested was identified as Rosendo Dizon. During the operation, a shootout ensued wherein a SAF member sustained a gunshot wound on his left leg and was brought to the JBL [Jose B. Lingad Memorial] Hospital [in San Fernando] for medical treatment,” Aquino said.

He said up to five assorted long and short firearms were confiscated from the suspects.

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Three other suspects remain unidentified as of press time, Police Supt. Fe Grenas, public information officer of Camp Olivas, said.

Aquino said Espino and his men were currently detained at the CIDG headquarters in Angeles City while charges of violating Republic Act 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act are being readied against them.

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