Couple killed in gunfight with Bulacan police

By: Carmela Reyes-Estrope - 7 years ago

PULILAN, Bulacan – A drug suspect and his girlfriend were killed in a clash with the police early Tuesday dawn here.

Roy Ramos, 37, and Rica Rose Estrada, 26, both from Plaridel town, died in the encounter after Ramos fired at undercover policemen undertaking a buy-bust operation at 4:20 a.m. in Sto. Cristo village, said Senior Supt. Edwin Quilates, Central Luzon director of the Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.

Recovered from the suspects were 4 sachets of suspected shabu (metamphetamine hydrochloride), a handgun, and P10,000. JE/rga