2 drug suspects killed in buy-bust

THE strengthened Barangay Intelligence Network led to the fatality of two drug personalities from Marawi City during a buybust operation at Zonta, Seaside, Purok 4-A, Barangay 23-C, Boulevard, Davao City yesterday and the recovery of almost a million worth of illegal drugs.

Based on the report from Sta. Ana Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU), the slain suspects, who were involved in a massive illegal drug operation, were identified as Minsuari Abubakar Cairoding alias Mako, 23, single, unemployed and resident of Barangay Sugod in Marawi, Lanao Del Sur and one alias Jalil.

Around 12:35 a.m. on December 10, the anti-illegal drug operation was conducted by the SDEU where a poseur buyer was able to procure one piece transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu from Cairoding in exchange of P3,000.

Cairoding then exchanged fire with the operating team after the agent introduced himself as a policeman. His cohort, on the other hand, also tried to shoot the poseur buyer, thus the SDEU was forced to shoot the two suspects who later succumbed to gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies.

Recovered from the scene were one unit homemade .38 caliber revolver without serial number loaded with four pieces live ammunition and one fired empty cartridge case; one unit Armscor 202 .38 SPL caliber revolver with five pieces live ammunition and one fired empty cartridge case, five pieces fired cartridge cases of caliber 9mm and two pieces fired bullet slugs.

Also recovered from the dead body of Cairoding was 15 pieces big plastic sachet containing suspected shabu, four pieces small plastic sachet containing the same and three pieces P1,000-bills as buy-bust money.