Mabini Mayor to file quash motion after being nabbed for firearms possession

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The camp of Mabini, Batangas Mayor Nilo Villanueva is set to file a motion to quash the possession of firearms and explosives cases to be filed against him and his siblings, arguing that these were politically motivated.

As reported on GMA Super Radyo DZBB, the Villanueva camp is now awaiting to be charged by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group so that they can ask for these cases to be dismissed.were nabbed in separate operations over the weekendThe police said they recovered a suspected explosive device and a small pouch with a camouflage design in the Mayor’s residence.

The siblings, currently held at the PNP-CIDG, believed that the cases and the supposed illegal arrests were politically motivated given the continuous strengthening of tourism in their locality - one of the top scuba diving destinations in the country.

 

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