Manila, April 26 -- More than 4,700 persons have been apprehended since the start of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban on January 13, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Friday.
PNP spokesperson, Col. Bernard Banac said as of 6 a.m. Friday, a total of 4,729 persons have been apprehended in 576,983 police operations since the implementation of the gun ban.
Of this number, 2,634 suspects were intercepted during police patrol responses, 977 through search warrants, and 723 during "Oplan Bakal, Sita, Galugad" operations.
Banac said the figure also includes 331 persons apprehended in checkpoints and 64 others during the serving of warrants of arrest.
He said 4,449 of those arrested are civilians while 79 were security g...