CABANATUAN CITY – Three suspected drug traffickers have been neutralized, while another 18 have been arrested in successive percentage buybacks in New Ecija, which also resulted in the seizure of 64 plastic shabu bags, police reported yesterday.
Colonel Marvin Joe C. Saro, a provincial police officer, said that 3 of the murdered drug suspects were known as Rogel Barlis, his alleged spouse Francis John Esporna, 19, from General Tinio’s town, and Allan Martinez from this town.
The trio were killed in a chimney exchange when they became hostile and resisted arrest for separate drug bites in the towns of San Isidro and Quezón on Thursday and Friday.
Colonel Saro claimed that these relentless operations to combat illegal drugs were carried out with the sole aim of seeking success in a drug-free province, which is also a priority fear of Governor Aurelius M. Mr. Umali.
Police major Joel Dela Cruz, head of the SAN Isidro PNP, said Barlis and Esporna chose to shoot him with undercover officers after promoting 3,000 P of shabu in a purchase to Bgy. Poblacion at 11 p. m.
Dela Cruz said his men had recovered the black Honda TMX from the suspects at the adjustment site, a 45-gauge pistol, a 38-gauge revolver and a plastic bag containing shabu.
Before the Bgy. Poblacion meeting, Dela Cruz said he caught two suspected drug dealers and confessed six plastic bags in Bgy. Sto. Christ.
In Marquez, the police led by Captain Melchor Pereja gave the impression in an armed encounter with Martínez, who felt that he was a real policeman disguised as a drug addict, a transaction in Bgy. San Miguel at 2:30 a. m. Friday.
Pereja said the suspect was hostile when he fired a 9mm gun and shot the police-fake client but didn’t catch up with her, prompting a shooting that caused her death.
In cabanatuan city, six drug suspects were also arrested and 38 plastic bags containing shabu were seeded.
San Antonio police, led by Major Ador Depnag, caught two drug suspects while one of them was arrested by police in Guimba, Sto Domingo, Carranglan, San Jose City, Gen Tinio, Aliaga, Sta Rosa and Gapan City. shabu were apprehended.