Arrested road rage suspect Jason Ivler is not a licensed firearms owner based on police records, complicating the criminal offenses he faces after trading shots with National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents during his arrest in their house in Quezon City on Monday.

The AR-15 rifle (an older type of M16 rifle) and the .45 pistol he used in the gunfight with NBI agents are not licensed with the Firearms and Explosive Division (FED), said Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina, PNP spokesman.

“The NBI has already coordinated with us regarding the two firearms seized from him. We then found out that those firearms have no records at the FED. That means they are loose firearms,” said Espina in an interview.

“Jason Ivler, also based on our records, is not a licensed firearms holder,” he said.

Espina said Jason, his mother Marlene Aguilar and stepfather, British senior analyst for the Asian Development Bank Stephen Pollard, are not authorized to possess and carry guns He added that not a single firearm recovered from Ivler’s home after the shootout was registered, prompting the PNP to investigate how the Ivlers obtained the AR-15 and the .45 pistol.

“We are now trying to determine how he obtained those firearms. This will be the subject of our own investigation,” said Espina.

Ivler is the subject of two arrest warrants, one for the death of a Palace official several years ago in a road accident in Pasig City and the other for the death of a son of Undersecretary Renato Ebarle Sr. whom he allegedly gunned down in Quezon City over a traffic row. Ivler is currently confined at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City after suffering two bullet wounds when he shot it out with the NBI arresting team.

Meanwhile, the NBI said Marlene may be subjected to drug tests after suspected marijuana was found in their Quezon City house when her son was arrested.

Lawyer Angelito Magno, chief of the NBI Special Action Unit, said they are awaiting results of tests conducted by the NBI Laboratory on the suspected marijuana seized during the arrest.

Head Agent Roland Argabioso, chief of the NBI Field Operations Division, said initial test on the confiscated leaves yielded negative results.

“But there will be confirmatory tests to make sure it is not indeed marijuana. So for now, no official result yet,” said Argabioso.

Aguilar was detained at the NBI jail after she was charged before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office for obstruction of justice Monday night for giving misleading information as to the whereabouts of Ivler and for concealing her son. She is expected to post bail anytime.

“It’s P12,000. The lawyer is working on her bail,” Magno said.

Aguilar, in between sobs, told newsmen covering the NBI: “I have not slept. I have not eaten. I am traumatized. My son is still fighting for his life. Whatever Jason did and if Jason dies, I would say this with all humility that I love him very much with all my heart and soul.”

Magno, who was wounded in the right thigh when Ivler opened fire on the arresting agents Monday, said they are readying additional charges of resisting arrest and assault upon persons in authority against Ivler.

He said they would subject the rifle and .45 caliber pistol recovered from the suspect to ballistic examinations.

“We are determining if the .45 caliber pistol was the same gun used against Renato Victor Ebarle Jr. during the Nov. 18 shooting,” Magno said. (With a report from Jeamma E. Sabate)