MANILA, Philippines — Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a shootout with anti-drug operatives of the Novaliches Police Station in Quezon City on Friday.
According to a police report, suspects Welito Bantilo and Christian Mark Sulit from Calamba, Laguna, were in front of SM Novaliches in Quirino Highway, where they tried to strike a drug deal with an undercover policeman. But police said the suspects sensed they were transacting with a policeman, pulled out their firearm but were killed during a brief shootout.—MARIEJO S. RAMOS
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