ASINGAN, Pangasinan – A suspected
big-time dealer of illegal drugs here and in the sixth district of Pangasinan
was gunned down in a shootout with lawmen while his companion was arrested last
Nov. 28, authorities said.
The
suspect, Elias Sultan, 57, who hailed from Marawi City, fired at combined
elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and police with a
.45-caliber pistol and lobbed a grenade that fortunately did not explode.
Eight
large plastic sachets of shabu with an estimated street value of P1.05 million
were seized, including motorcycles that Sultan used in distributing illegal
drugs.
Sultan’s
alleged cohort, a certain Benito Monses, 53, was arrested.
Sultan,
who had pending cases of illegal drugs and illegal possession of firearms, died
at the Asingan Community Hospital where he was rushed after the shootout.
PDEA-Region
1 director Adrian Alvarino lauded his men, saying, “This is now the third
shootout our good men had encountered and killed a drug suspect in this region
(and) this shows how dangerous our jobs are.” – Eva Visperas, Artemio Dumlao
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