MANILA: A man who introduced himself as a freelance journalist was arrested for carrying an unlicensed handgun inside the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila hotel, a five-star hotel in Pasay where guests for the 31st Asean Summit and Related Meetings are staying.
Police held Jeffrey Datuin at the lobby of the hotel, which is inside the CCP Complex, at around 3pm on Saturday, after security personnel monitoring the X-ray scanning machine at the entrance detected an improvised (paltik) .22-cal revolver.
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