Chief Inspector Eduardo Guevara, Jr., Orion police chief, identifi ed the fatality in the town as Eric Acuna, 38, who he said was listed as pusher in the Barangay Anti-Drug Action Council (BADAC).
Chief Inspector Ricardo Santiago, Jr., Dinalupihan police chief, said those killed in his area were Roy Sanqui and Boy Toledo, Top 1 and 5, respectively, in the BADAC list.
Guevara said Acuna fi red but missed at his buyer when he sensed that he was transacting with a police offi cer. Other police operatives who were hiding retaliated and were able to kill the suspect at 11:30 in the evening of Monday, he said.
Scene of the Crime Operatives recovered in a remote sitio in Barangay General Lim in Orion a .22 revolver with six live ammunitions and two spent shells and seven sachets of shabu, Guevara said.
Santiago said Toledo even shouted invectives and pulled his gun when he realized that he was dealing with a police offi cer in Barangay Roosevelt in Dinalupihan at about 12:30 a.m. of Tuesday.
Before Toledo and Sanqui could fi re, back-up operatives shot the two, the police chief said.
SOCO found at the crime scene two .38 revolvers with live ammunitions and six sachet of shabu, Santiago said.
The three became the 19th, 20th and 21st suspected drug off enders killed in buy-bust operations by the Bataan police since July 1.
