Drug suspect slain, 1 nabbed in Cavite

Shabu (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

SAN PEDRO CITY – A suspected illegal drug pusher was killed while another was arrested in separate buy-bust operations in Cavite province, Monday.

A report from the regional police headquarters said a suspect identified as “Den” was slain in a shootout about 1 a.m. in Barangay Mataas na Lupa in Indang town.

This was after the suspect engaged undercover policemen in a gunfight. A sachet of suspected shabu was recovered from him.

At about the same time in Cavite City, drug suspect Leslie dela Cruz was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 48-A.

The police recovered 14 sachets of suspected shabu and P500 bill used as marked money. /cbb

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