4 ‘drug pushers’ killed, 8 arrested in Bulacan buy-bust ops

CAMP GEN ALEJO S SANTOS, Bulacan --Four drug peddlers were killed and eight other drug suspects were arrested during the simultaneous operations conducted by Bulacan police on Monday and early Tuesday morning.

Col. Chito G. Bersaluna, director of the Bulacan Police Provincial Office, identified the slain drug suspects as Renato Piano alias Intoy, 33, of Barangay San Rafael V, City of San Jose Del Monte; Renato Gonzales alias Totoy, 31, a resident of Barangay Guyong, Sta. Maria; Rommel Candule and Glen Paguntalan, both included in the drug watch list of San Rafael Municipal Police Station.

Bersaluna said Piano and his unidentified cohort engaged the police officers in a shootout to elude arrest after the consummated drug transaction in Barangay San Rafael V, City of San Jose Del Monte around 11:30 p.m. Monday.

This prompted the operatives to retaliate that resulted in the neutralization of Piano while his cohort managed to escape, he said.

Likewise, he said the two other slain suspects Gonzales and Candule were killed after a botched drug transaction in Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Maria town on early Tuesday morning.

“The two suspects violently resisted arrest. They did shoot it out with the police officers when they were to be arrested. This prompted the police officers to return fire that resulted in their death,” he said.

On the other hand, Bersaluna said the San Rafael police reported that suspect Paguntalan was neutralized during a drug transaction in Barangay Ulingao-Barangca, San Rafael at 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the eight other drug suspects were arrested during buy-bust operations in the towns of Baliwag, Balagtas, Obando, and San Miguel, all in Bulacan during the two-day drug operations.

Those arrested by the operatives of the Baliwag Municipal Police Station were identified as Jessie Nicolas, Precious Joy Trinidad, and Romel Tarondo.

Operatives of Balagtas Municipal Police Station, on the other hand, nabbed Paulo Aurelio and Rocky Dela Rosa, included in the PNP/PDEA unified drug watch list.

Abner Sanchez, who formerly surrendered under Oplan Tokhang, was arrested by Obando Municipal Police Station.

Orlando Victoria, also an Oplan Tokhang surrenderer, was apprehended by the San Miguel Municipal Police Station.

A total of 25 plastic sachets of suspected shabu and buy-bust money were confiscated from the arrested suspects.

The arrested suspects and seized pieces of evidence were brought to Bulacan Crime Laboratory for appropriate examination while criminal complaints for violation of Section 5 and Section 11 of Article II of Republic Act 9165 (Dangerous Drugs Acts of 2002) are being prepared for filing in court. (PNA)

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