Drug suspect killed in Ormoc City shootout | Inquirer News

Drug suspect killed in Ormoc City shootout

By: - Correspondent / @rdejonINQ
/ 05:37 PM July 14, 2016

ORMOC CITY, Philippines—A drug suspect here was killed in an alleged shootout with operatives of the City Anti-illegal Drugs Special Task Force (Caidsotf) during a buy-bust operation in a lodging house along Rizal Street in Ormoc City, Leyte past 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

Senior Supt. Ramil Ramirez, Ormoc police director, said Boien Chiong, 37, was on the watch list of drug personalities in the city.

SPO2 Kenneth Valley, Caidsotf operative, said they formed a team to conduct a buy-bust operation when they learned Chiong was in the pension house.

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An operative then went undercover and posed as a buyer. The transaction took place inside room 205 of the lodging house past 8 p.m.

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But Chiong noticed the presence of policemen, drew a gun and fired at the operatives.

The police officers returned fire hitting the suspect in different parts of his body, killing him on the spot.

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Recovered from the suspect were one medium and three small sachets of shabu worth about P50,000 and a .45-caliber pistol with four ammunition. RAM/rga

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