2 ‘drug pushers’ slain in Laguna buy-bust

SAN PEDRO CITY –– Two suspected illegal drug pushers were killed in separate buy-bust operations in Laguna province, Thursday.

In Biñan City, Patrick Arcilla was killed in a shootout around 4 a.m. in Barangay San Antonio, a report from the Calabarzon police said.

This was after Arcilla sold undercover police Patrolman Alric Natividad a sachet of suspected shabu (crystal meth) only to realize it was a sting operation.

Police said Arcilla pulled out a gun and shot Natividad, but hit the policeman on his bullet-proof vest.

A police back-up fired back and killed the suspect.

Suspected shabu worth P47,600 was recovered from Arcilla.

In San Pablo City, a man tagged in the police watchlist for drugs was also killed in a buy-bust around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in Barangay San Antonio.

Laguna police chief Col. Eleazar Matta, in a text message, said Roberto Villabroza Jr., a resident of Barangay Santisimo Rosario, was first to fire a gun. He was hit when the police retaliated and died on the way to the provincial hospital in the city. Maricar Cinco