Drug suspect dead in police operations (CDN FILE PHOTO)
KORONADAL CITY – A suspect was killed in a police anti-drug operation in Tacurong City on Tuesday dawn.
Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat police director, identified the slain man as Russel Hamid Paglas alias “Tsokay Piang,” a resident of the “Yellow Village” subdivision, Barangay New Isabela, Tacurong City.
Supiter said Paglas resisted arrest and traded shots with lawmen at 4 a.m., triggering a brief gun battle. He was injured and rushed by police officials to a hospital in Tacurong City where he expired.
Supiter said two .45-pistols and a hand grenade were seized from Paglas.
Paglas was one of the subjects of search warrants issued by Judge Alexandrex Betoya of Regional Trial Court 13 in Cotabato City. SFM