Cavite drug suspect killed in shootout with cops
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LUCENA CITY – Police killed a drug suspect during a shootout following a buy-bust operation in Naic, Cavite before midnight Friday, police said Saturday.
Diego Flores died after he resisted arrest and engaged policemen in a shootout in Barangay (village) Timalan Concepcion at about 11:45 p.m., Cavite police chief Colonel Arnold Abad said.
Police also reported that anti-illegal drug operatives arrested 33 drug suspects during the 24-hours operation on Friday.
The police confiscated 105 sachets of shabu (crystal meth), two sachets of dried marijuana leaves and drug-using paraphernalia.
The report did not specify the volume and street value of the seized illegal drugs.
The police also nabbed 14 wanted criminals – 11 illegal gamblers and five suspects for minor and major offenses.
The Cavite police accosted at least 3,528 persons, who were allegedly violating health and safety protocols against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – not wearing face masks, not observing safe distancing or disregarded the curfew.
