Man killed in drug raid | Inquirer News

Man killed in drug raid

/ 08:43 AM December 14, 2013

A 24-year-old man was killed while four others were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in barangay Kalawisan, Lapu-Lapu City last Thursday afternoon.

Police said Harold Abad, 24, allegedly drew a .45 caliber pistol and tried to shoot one of the arresting team.

One of the operatives of the City Anti-illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (Caidsot) shot Abad in the chest before he could pull the trigger, said Senior Insp. Rogelio Pineda Jr., chief of Caidsot of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office.

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Arrested were a 42-year-old man, his 16-year-old son, Rodolfo Sumalinog, 73, and Joseph Inihaw, 26.

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Pineda said the subject of the raid was the 42-year-old man who was tagged as a level two drug pusher capable of selling at least 200 grams of shabu a week.

Seized during the operation were several packs of suspected shabu worth at least P500,000, police said./CORRESPONDENTS FE MARIE D. DUMABO AND NORMAN V. MENDOZA

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