TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – The Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) tops other police offices in Central Visayas in the implementation of the National Firearms Control Program (NFCP) or Bilang Boga.

BPPO accounted for a total of 1,096 firearms in its drive since August to September, topping all police offices in the region in the implementation of the NFCP, records from the Police Regional Office 7 showed.

The Cebu Provincial Police Office, however, beat BPPO in active anti-illegal firearms interdiction operations or operation Kontra Boga when it accounted for 433 in the last four months of operations.

Operations Bilang Boga and Kontra Boga are active police operations launched to account for and recover an estimated 49,000 plus firearms in the country.

BPPO’s total haul is 23 percent of the estimated 4,232 loose firearms from threat groups and criminal elements or those basically un-renewed in the last years, explains PInspector John Gano, Camp Dagohoy Information Officer.

While topping the charts in Bilang Boga operations, or accounting for total loose firearms targetted for recovery, Bohol garnered third place in operation Kontra Boga (anti-loose fire-arms interdiction operations), with BPPO operatives accounting for only 44 firearms in the same period.
BPPO contended with the Cebu Provincial Police Office, Cebu City Police Office, Lapulapu City Police Office, Mandaue City Police Office, Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office and the Siquijor Provincial Police Office.

Regarding such achievement, outgoing Police Director PSsupt Edgardo Ingking said he was happy that his men delivered and seriously cascaded the national gun amnesty campaign in their areas.

Ranking next to Bohol in Bilang Boga Operation is Siquijor Provincial Police Station, the province with the least criminality in Central Visayas.

Siquijor scored seventy two firearms, all of them unrenewed in the last years over the estimated 337 loose fire arms in the island.

In Central Visayas, Cebu Province has the most number of loose firearms at 14,143, followed by Cebu City at 13,585.

For operation Bilang Boga, following Bohol and Siquijor are Cebu City Police Office, Manadue City Police Office, Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, Cebu Provincial Police Office and Lapulapu City Police Office.