2 drug suspects dead in buy-busts in Cavite, Rizal | Inquirer News

2 drug suspects dead in buy-busts in Cavite, Rizal

/ 10:34 AM August 09, 2016

Shootout. (RADYO INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

Shootout. (RADYO INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna — Two suspected illegal drug pushers were killed in separate shootouts with policemen in Cavite and Rizal provinces, police said on Tuesday.

In Cavite, Arthur Alviar was killed after he exchanged fire with policemen conducting a buy-bust operation in Barangay Castaños Cerca in Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo town at 2:45 p.m. Monday.

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In a report on Tuesday, the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) police said authorities planned to arrest Alviar and Chona Melo in the drug bust. But during the transaction, Alviar drew his gun, prompting policemen to shoot back. Melo was arrested.

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In Rizal, a drug suspect identified only as “Kalkal” died in a shoot-out with policemen in Barangay San Jose in Rodriguez town on the night of Aug. 5.

The report said police recovered a pistol, 12 sachets containing suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and P2,556 from the slain suspect.  SFM/rga

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