Drug suspect slain in Camarines Norte buy-bust
LEGAZPI CITY –– A suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Talisay, Camarines Norte on Sunday night.
Captain Jorgelito Alforte, chief of Talisay police, said when Ricky Sale, 40, noticed that he was dealing with a police officer, he drew his caliber-.38 revolver and fired on the arresting team in Barangay Gabon at 11:40 p.m.
The police retaliated and eventually killed the suspect, who suffered from bullet wounds.
Police recovered 25 grams of suspected shabu (crystal meth) worth P150,000.
LZB
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