Six dead in Bulacan, Nueva Ecija drug war

Four drug suspects were killed in police operations in Bulacan and two others in Nueva Ecija in the past two days. 

Col. Chito Bersaluna, Bulacan police director, said Renato Piano, alias Intoy, resisted arrest and shot it out with anti-narcotics agents in a sting in Barangay San Rafael, San Jose del Monte on Monday night.

Renato Gonzales, alias Totoy, and Rommel Candule, alias Boknoy, were killed in alleged shootouts with police officers in Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Maria and a certain Glen Paguntalan in Ulingao-Barangca, San Rafael.

Bersaluna said eight other suspects were arrested in drug busts in Baliwag, Balagtas, Obando, San Miguel and San Jose del Monte City. He said 25 sachets of shabu and marked money were recovered from the suspects.

In Nueva Ecija, Brig. Gen. Joel Napoleon Coronel, Central Luzon police director, said Anthony Arenas, 36, and Cedric Mina, 23, drew their guns when they sensed they had sold shabu to police officers who posed as buyers in Barangay Bakod Bayan, Cabanatuan City. 

Police said 27 sachets of shabu, a Honda motorcycle, P500 in marked money and the guns used by the suspects were recovered.

Coronel said the fatalities were on the drug watchlist of the Cabanatuan police. -- Ramon Efren Lazaro, Ric Sapnu