Suspected drug pusher dies in Cavite buy-bust
SAN PEDRO CITY–A suspected drug pusher was killed after resisting arrest and tried to shoot at the policemen during a buy-bust operation in Cavite City early Saturday.
A report from the Cavite police said members of the city Drug Enforcement Team conducted the buy-bust around 1:30 a.m. in Barangay (village) 48A.
When the police were about to conduct the arrest, the suspect Jonel Villanueva drew and fired a .38 caliber gun. The suspect missed but this forced the policemen to return fire.
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Villanueva died while being taken to the Bautista Hospital in the city.
The police recovered a sachet of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) at the scene. /jpv
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