The Manila Times

4 pushers killed, 7 nabbed in drug buy-busts

- NEIL A. ALCOBER WITH ROSELLE AQUINO AND ANTHONY VARGAS

FOUR suspected drug pushers have been arrested in separate drug buy-busts since Thursday in Surigao del Norte.

- lim died in an alleged shootout with members of the Taytay Police in Barangay Santa Ana on Thursday afternoon.

Recovered from the suspect were parapherna­lia.

A subsequent operation led same village.

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- shells in Charlie’s possession along with several sachets of shabu.

- robbery hold-up and illegal drug - tion before dawn Thursday.

San Mateo Police chief Ruben that she had been held up by two -

the suspects reportedly resisted arrest and fired shots at responding police officers that resulted in a gunfight.

One suspect died while the other escaped.

Piquero said the two suspects were also involved in the illegal drug trade in San Mateo and neighborin­g towns.

Seized from the suspects were - cartridge cases.

- slain during an anti-illegal drug operation also on Friday.

- sachet of shabu to a poseur buyer that prompted other operatives to swoop down on him.

- the police. He then tried to escape the policemen.

drug peddlers and users were ar - day morning in Surigao City.

pusher in Sison town.

De Castro was nabbed in Purok

inside a reported drug den they al Barangay Washington.

Arrested in the same raid were found with eight plastic sachets of

were four sachets of shabu weigh

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