The Philippine National Police purchased 60,000 Glock 17 pistols last year to update their police force, which were using pretty outdated equipment and sidearms. I know, I’ve been to the Philippines quite a few times. Anyways, since Glock gave them such a smoking deal during their first purchase the PNP decided to buy an additional 14,000 Glock 17 pistols. They paid P16,000 each with their first purchase according to TheFirearmBlog. That’s around $371.56 American, yeah that’s a pretty darn good deal.
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Glock/TrustTrade was the 2nd lowest bidder. Due to a technicality, IWI/Espineli was disqualified. Which means that our police officers were this close to carrying Jericho 941s (Baby Desert Eagle) instead of Glock 17s.