3 drugs suspects slain in shootout with Bulacan cops; 40 others nabbed

3 drugs suspects slain in shootout with Bulacan cops; 40 others nabbed

/ 05:55 PM September 24, 2019

CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, BULACAN –– Three drug suspects were killed after they reportedly engaged policemen in a shootout during a series of buy-bust operations in the province since Sunday.

Col. Chito Bersaluna, Bulacan police director, on Tuesday identified them as Edwin Soy, Tyron Kriel Principio, and a certain “Marvin.”

The three were killed in separate anti-narcotics operations in the towns of San Rafael, San Ildefonso and Pulilan on Sunday and Tuesday.

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Recovered from the slain drug suspects were 19 sachets of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth), .45-caliber and .38-caliber firearms.

Forty other drug suspects in different towns were arrested during the buy-bust operations. Carmela Reyes-Estrope/lzb

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