CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan – Two suspected drug peddlers were killed when they shot it out with police during a buy-bust operation at Sitio Malabon, Barangay Sto. Cristo, this city, Thursday night.
Lt. Col. Gil Domingo, San Jose del Monte police chief, identified the slain suspects as Reynaldo Rana Bagtas and Franco Marata Pantua.
Domingo said that during the buy-bust operation, the two suspects became suspicious and engaged the operatives in a firefight at Blk. 13, Lot 54, Sitio Malabon, Brgy. Sto Cristo, this city at about 8 p.m.
The duo died during the shootout. Two of their cohorts identified as Joanna Marie Zamora Bulawan and Roger Dilig Narag were arrested.
Police recovered from the suspects an improvised shotgun (sumpak), a .38-caliber revolver; spent shells, three plastic sachets of shabu, and the buy-bust money. (Freddie C. Velez)