Suspected drug pusher dead in Laguna

SAN PEDRO CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in Los Baños, Laguna Monday evening, police said Tuesday.

The suspect, Leo Imbien, of Barangay Sto. Domingo in the adjacent town of Bay, was in the police drugs watch list, according to Laguna police director Senior Supt. Eleazar Matta.

He said the buy-bust was conducted around 11:45 p.m. Monday in Barangay Bayog, Los Baños.

The suspect opened fire just as the police were about to arrest him. Imbien was killed instantly.

Police said they recovered a .38-caliber gun and four sachets of suspected shabu (crystal meth). Maricar Cinco/lzb

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