4 drug suspects killed in clash with Marine troops in Tawi-Tawi
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:55:33 +0000
By ALI G. MACABALANG
MARINE troops recovered these items from four drug suspects who were killed during an encounter in Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi Sunday. (Western Mindanao Command photo)
COTABATO CITY – Marine troops on Sunday clashed with 10 armed persons allegedly involved in illegal drug trade in Tawi-Tawi, killing four of the suspects, the Western Mindanao Command (WMC) said.
Troops of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 6 and 64th Marine Company were on “focused military operation” when they “encountered 10 armed men in Barangay Lakit-Lakit, Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi at 5 a.m. (Sunday),” the WMC said in a report.
The report identified the four slain suspects as Oyong Maulana, Datu Solon Maulana, Rashida Maulana, and Nhadz Omar. One Marine soldier was slightly wounded in the armed encounter, it added.
“The neutralized enemies are notorious drug personalities positively identified by the
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