Suspected drug pusher slain in Cavite
SAN PEDRO CITY –– A suspected drug pusher was killed in a police shootout in Naic town in Cavite province early Friday.
The Calabarzon police said in a report that Lenard Malabata was the target of the buy-bust operation at the Ericka Louise subdivision in Barangay Malainen Bago around 1:30 a.m.
During the operation, Malabata drew and fired his gun, forcing the policemen to return fire, the report said.
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Elsewhere in the province, Cavite police chief Col. Marlon Santos said 27 people were arrested in 16 separate anti-drug operations from Thursday evening to early Friday.
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