BACOOR CITY, Cavite – A notorious drug pusher was killed early Thursday morning in a shootout with joint elements of Cavite Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB), Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and Bacoor police operatives during their anti-illegal drug operations in Barangay Salinas 1 in this city.
Police Supt. Francisco Lucena III, this city chief of police, said the joint PIB, PDEU operatives and the city police enforcers led by Police Chief Inspector Resty Soriano and Police Inspector Ericson Nato conducted their operation 30 minutes past midnight Wednesday.
Lucena identified the slain suspect as Jersey Andrade, 28, and resident of Barangay (village) Salinas I.
Lucena said the operations were coordinated with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-4A)-Calabarzon through control number 10005-042018-0805 against Andrade.
He said that during the drug buy-bust operation, Andrade fired at law enforcers after sensing he was dealing with cops poseur-buyer. This forced lawmen to retaliate and shot Andrade dead.
Cavite scene of the crime operatives (SOCO) recovered from the site a sachet of shabu which was bought by the poseur buyer; eight other sachets of shabu; four PHP 100 peso bills marked money; a cal. 38 revolver loaded with four live ammunitions and a fired empty case. (Rogelio Limpin/PNA)