2 drug suspects slain in Nueva Ecija shootout
CABANATUAN CITY — Two drug suspects were killed in separate anti-drug stings in Nueva Ecija in a span of four hours over the weekend, police said.
Danilo Ison was shot dead after engaging policemen in a gunfight during a buy-bust operation at 1:45 a.m. in Barangay Bantug Norte here on Saturday.
In Aliaga town, Jaime De Leon, Jr. was also killed after resisting arrest and firing at policemen during a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Emiliano about 10 p.m. on Friday.
Senior Supt. Leon Victor Rosete, Nueva Ecija police director, said investigators recovered from the suspects their guns and at least eight sachets of “shabu” (crystal meth). Armand Galang/lzb
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