2 drug suspects killed by Ecija cops

TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija — A suspected drug peddler and his companion were killed in a firefight with policemen in Barangay (village) Pag-asa here on Monday afternoon.

Edmond Dacir, 35, fired his revolver at undercover policemen when he fled towards a motorcycle driven by Abel Erica, 36.

Dacir allegedly sold a sachet of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to a policeman.

The police officers fired back and fatally shot the two men.

Probers recovered the revolver and four sachets of shabu. JE

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