Body count up as more druggies slain in Luzon

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MORE suspected illegal drugs users and pushers were killed in northern and Central Luzon last week.  

Johana Sablay, 23, was driving her motorcycle when she was gunned down by unidentified men in Barangay Pug-os, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday.

Sablay, a resident of Barangay Jordan in Sinait town, was on the drug watchlist and surrendered recently, said Chief Insp. Greg Guerrero, Ilocos Sur police spokesman.

La Union fatalities

In La Union, bouncer Angeles Bautista, 35, was shot dead by unidentified men in front of Solar Bar along Gov. Joaquin Ortega Avenue in Barangay Madayegdeg in San Fernando City before dawn Thursday.

Witnesses said the assailants were wearing helmets and black jackets. 

Police said the fatality surrendered under Oplan Tokhang recently.

Also in La Union, Arjay Isla, 29, another drug surrenderee, was gunned down while standing in front of the barangay hall in Central West in Bauang town on Wednesday.

Melanie Carbonell, 31, who surrendered under Oplan Tokhang recently, was shot dead by unidentified men in Barangay Santiago in Caba, La Union.

Jeofrey Domingo, 11, was hit by stray bullets and remains confined at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center. 

Chief Insp. Silverio Ordinado Jr., La Union police information officer, said Carbonell was declared dead on arrival at the Caba Medicare Hospital.

Meanwhile, Ordinado said the La Union police recovered 11.5 kilos of marijuana bricks with an estimated value of P632,500 in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Sasaba in Santol town last week.

Ordinado said an improvised molding machine, a hydraulic jack and a weighing scale were seized by personnel of the La Union police, Provincial Public Safety Company and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

P80.8-M marijuana torched in Kalinga

Meanwhile, operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency burned P80.8 million worth of marijuana plants on Mt. Chalanap in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga.

Senior Insp. Nestor Lopez, Tinglayan police chief, said the destroyed items consisted of 385,500 fully grown plants and 150 kilos of dried leaves, which were seized during a raid on a 30-hectare plantation.

Ecija shabu chemicals

On Tuesday, authorities recovered at least 15 bottles of chemicals used to manufacture shabu along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union-Expressway (TPLEX) in Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija.

Chief Superintendent Aaron Aquino, Central Luzon police director, said TPLEX personnel turned over the chemicals to the Cuyapo police. 

 Last month, several gallons of shabu chemicals were abandoned along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in Barangay Santiago, Concepcion, Tarlac. SCTEX personnel found the materials in a grassy area.

Dagupan City

Three men on the drug watchlist of the police in Manaoag, Sta. Barbara and Dagupan City were gunned down by unidentified men on Monday.

The fatalities were identified as jeepney driver Allan Natividad, 32; Noel Doria, 34, and Gerardo Edades, 43.

Pangasinan

In Pangasinan, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Nigerians for allegedly conducting a drug session in Dagupan City.

Emmanuel Divine Ugochukwu, 29, and Stephen Samuel Anoruo, 20, were allegedly caught sniffing shabu in their apartment in Barangay Pogo Grande.

Bulacan

Orlando Cabrera and Ronaldo Cruz, 45, alias Onay, were killed in San Jose del Monte City and Barangay San Juan in Hagonoy, Bulacan, respectively, on Wednesday.

The suspects drew their guns when they sensed they had sold shabu to undercover agents, said Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat, Bulacan police acting director.

In Angat town, the body of an unidentified man, believed to be a victim of summary execution, was found along the Angat-Pandi Road in Barangay Encanto Thursday morning.

The body bore a placard identifying him as a drug pusher.

Constantino Lalos, alias Jobert, was killed in a reported shootout with police in Barangay Minuyan in Norzagaray town Wednesday.

Caramat said the fatality yielded four sachets of shabu and a .38-caliber revolver.

Caramat said Lalos was on the barangay drug watchlist and was an alleged carjacker.

Isabela

In Isabela, Christian Martinez, alias Rapper, was killed in a reported shootout with police during a sting in Barangay San Fermin, Cauayan City. 


Supt. Arnel Quilang, Cauayan City police chief, said Martinez drew his caliber .45 pistol when he sensed that he had sold a sachet of shabu to anti-drug operatives.  – With reports from Ric Sapnu, Ramon Efren Lazaro, Raymund Catindig, Jun Elias