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BATANGAS, Philippines – Two drug suspects were killed in an alleged encounter with authorities during a buy-bust operation in the town of Lian on Thursday night, May 3.
Police identified the suspects as:
- Marlon Lubugan, 34, resident of Barangay 11, Nasugbu, Batangas; tagged as Level 1 high-value target operating in the areas of Nasugbu and Lian
- Michael Adrias, 36, resident of Barangay 7, Nasugbu, Batangas; listed as a newly-identified drug personality of Lian.
The operation was conducted by combined personnel of the Batangas Provincial Police intelligence unit, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, and the Lian Municipal Police Station at about 9:50 pm on Thursday at Sitio Altura, Barangay Matabungkay, Lian.
According to reports, during the course of the operation, Lubugan sold two pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet to an undercover policeman. When the latter revealed himself as a police officer and was about to arrest the suspects, they drew their short firearms and shot at the officer, leading to an encounter.
Both suspects sustained gunshot wounds. Authorities involved in the operation brought the suspects to the Apacible Memorial District Hospital for treatment, but he was pronounced dead on arrival by attending physician Dr Jerome Dela Trinidad.
Police Senior Inspector Hazel Luma-Ang Suarez said the operation was part of their intensified anti-drug enforcement under newly-installed Calabarzon Regional Director Superintendent Guillermo Lorenzo Tolentino Eleazar. – Rappler.com
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