A DISTRICT revenue officer from the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) Lagawe branch was found dead in his office on Thursday.
Reports in the Manila Times said the revenue officer was discovered by another BIR employee unconscious inside his office.
Fernando Bahatan from the Lagawe Municipal Police said the victim was identified as lawyer, Arlan Lamasoc Davis, 45, who is married and from Alapang, La Trinidad in Benguet.
When the responders arrived at the BIR office, Davis was pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
The incident has been coordinated with the Provincial Forensic Unit in Lamut, Ifugao for the conduct of a deeper investigation.
Investigators are still ascertaining the victim's cause of death. The local police have yet to issue their official findings and have not released the result of the autopsy.
Meanwhile, in Lagangilang, Abra, a village treasurer was killed while a tricycle driver was seriously injured after they were ambushed by unidentified gunmen in Barangay Tagudtud, Thursday afternoon.
The victim was identified as Fidel Lalugan, treasurer of Barangay Lan-ag in Lacub, Abra. The injured tricycle driver was identified as Geraldick Millare, a resident of Zone 1 in Bangued, Abra.
According to police, Lalugan was on board the tricycle driven by Millare and was traversing the Abra-Kalinga Road in Tagudtud when the gunmen appeared and shot them several times.
The two were rushed to the hospital, but Lalugan was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician. Millare is recuperating from gunshot wounds.
Police said the suspects fled on foot after shooting the victims.
In the same report, the Times also said two individuals were arrested in separate areas in Bangued, Abra for violating the Comelec gun ban.
Bangued Municipal Police reported that at 11:40pm on January 12, Ariel Berame Bugtong Jr., 28, a resident of Barangay Sagap, Bangued, Abra was cornered after a short pursuit in Barangay Calaba.
The police said law enforcers were conducting a checkpoint in the said barangay when they noticed the suspect on a motorcycle trying to run away from them.
The police pursued the suspect who slipped on the road. When the police came to the aid of Bugtong, they noticed a gun tucked in his waist.
Upon checking, they discovered that he was in possession of a cal. 9mm, with a magazine loaded with eight bullets. He had no necessary documents to carry the said firearm.
At 3:45pm on January 13, police arrested Mark Bigornia Castillo at a checkpoint in Barangay Bangbangar, Bangued when a gun was discovered inside his sling bag.
The 31-year-old Castillo, a resident of Barangay Bañacao in Bangued, was arrested after he could not show any documents for the cal. 45 Armscor handgun loaded with six bullets found in his possession.
The police also discovered 43 live bullets for the cal. 45 in a black pouch inside the sling bag.