CABANATUAN CITY – Two suspected peddlers of illegal drugs yielded over P1-million worth of shabu while another suspect was killed in separate anti-drug stings in Nueva Ecija Wednesday.
Acting Nueva Ecija police director Col. Jaime Santos said 150.35 grams of suspected shabu was seized from Christopher dela Cruz, 33, of Barangay San Josef Sur here, and Gendel Alamon, 44, a businessman, of Barangay Bibiclat, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija.
Santos said that using P,1000 and P500 pre-marked bills, anti-drugs operatives were able to buy three sachets of shabu from the suspects at around 3:30 a.m. Upon arrest, however, 30 more sachets were recovered from them. The total estimated value of the haul was P1,022,380.
City police chief Lt. Col. Barnard Danie Dasugo said operatives also recovered a handgun and live bullets. The suspects were placed under inquest proceedings for violations of Republic Act 6195 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law.
In Zaragoza town, August Caling, 43, of Barangay Aduas Sur, Cabanatuan City died after an exchange of fire with lawmen in a buy-bust operation at about 7:50p.m., according to Major Jaime Ferrer, municipal police chief.
Ferrer said the suspect fired a .38 revolver after apparently sensing he was transacting with an undercover policeman.
Forensic investigators recovered from the scene of encounter the suspect’s gun, 12 sachets of suspected shabu, a mobile phone and a motorcycle.
