2 killed, 9 nabbed in Bulacan drug buy-bust
Credit to Author: FROILAN E. MAGTOTO| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:05:57 +0000
CITY OF MALOLOS: Two suspected drug personalities were killed, while nine more were arrested in different anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the Bulacan police on Friday and early morning of Saturday.
Bulacan Provincial Director Col. Chito Bersaluna, identified the slain suspects as Lolito Baluran alias Dadam of Francisco Homes in Barangay Mulawin, City of San Jose del Monte and Lester Alonzo alias Pipoy of Barangay Maasim in San Ildefonso, Bulacan.
According to Lt. Col. Orlando Castil Jr., city police chief, at about 5:45 p.m. on Friday in Barangay Sto. Cristo in the city, a gunfight ensued when Baluran, a known pusher in the area, sensed that he was dealing with an undercover policeman. He was killed in the encounter.
Recovered from the crime scene were a caliber .38 revolver, which was still loaded with five bullets, eight plastic sachets of shabu, and the buy-bust money.
In Barangay Maasim, San Ildefonso, a police report said, a buy-bust operation was undertaken at about 1:10 a.m. on Saturday against suspect Lester Alonzo and his unidentified cohort.
But when they sensed that they were dealing with undercover operatives, they tried to escape, but Alonzo drew his firearm and opened fired at the operatives.
This resulted in his death, while his cohort, wearing black jacket, red bull cap and black shorts managed to escape on board a blue Yamaha Mio, without a plate number, going to San Rafael, Bulacan.
Recovered from him were nine small plastic sachets of shabu, a caliber .38 revolver, other pieces of ammunition and marked money.
Other anti-illegal drug operations were conducted by the anti-narcotics drug operatives of police stations of Malolos, Balagtas, Obando and Meycauayan, which resulted to the arrest of 9 drug suspects.
Bersaluna identified the arrested suspects as Michael Roque, Cesar Magdao, Ericson Montano, Cedrick Bael, Virgil Austria and a 15-year-old minor suspect, while Alvin Ramos, Edison Mendoza and Joel Mendoza were nabbed in the act of sniffing shabu in Barangay Malhacan, Meycauayan City.
“A total of eight plastic sachets of shabu, buy-bust money and assorted drug paraphernalia were confiscated from the suspect during the operation,” Bersaluna added.
The recovered pieces of evidence and the arrested suspects were brought to the Bulacan Provincial Crime Laboratory Office for laboratory examination.