A SUSPECTED abortionist was arrested on Sunday in Rizal for illegal possession of firearms, police said. Randy Picardal alias “Tata” was arrested at 6 a.m. on the strength of a search warrant issued by the San Mateo Rizal Regional Trial Court to at Barangay San Jose in Rodriguez. Police Director Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the Police Regional Office in Calabarzon, said that investigators would also be looking into complaints that Picardal was an abortionist. He said Picardal once sold a gun, which was allegedly used as payment for his services as an abortionist. In the meantime, Eleazar said Picardal was facing charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

Source: Manila Times April 29, 2018 07:52 UTC