Ecija drug suspect killed, dumped in irrigation canal | Inquirer News

Ecija drug suspect killed, dumped in irrigation canal

By: - Correspondent / @AMGalangINQ
/ 02:15 PM February 18, 2018

STO. DOMINGO, NUEVA ECIJA – A suspected drug trafficker, who surrendered to the police in October 2017, was killed and dumped in an irrigation canal, police said on Sunday.

The body of Delfin Matias, a 54-year-old resident of Talavera town, was fished out of the canal in San Pascual village around 10:30 p.m. Saturday by responding policemen.

Matias bore a gunshot wound in the head. He ranked fifth in the municipality’s drug watch list, according to police.

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Two farmers, who were tending to their rice field about 300 meters away from the crime scene, said they saw a maroon van stop in the area where Matias’ remains were discovered. They claimed to have then heard a gunshot and saw the van subsequently speed off, police investigators said.

Forensic investigators recovered one empty shell and a live bullet from a 45-caliber pistol from the scene. /kga

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