5 bodies found in MM

The bodies of five persons, including a woman, were found in various parts of Metro Manila yesterday.

Police officers have yet to identify four of the victims, who were found in eastern Metro Manila, Eastern Police District director Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula said.

The first body was found in a secluded portion of Barangay Buting, Pasig City at around 5 a.m. yesterday. The victim was shot in the head and a piece of cardboard bearing the words “pusher, holdaper at carnaper, wag tularan (pusher, robber and car thief, don’t imitate)” was found near his body.

Fifteen minutes later, the bodies of a man and a woman were reported found in San Juan City. The man was found along G. Soriano street in Barangay Kabayanan while the woman was found on Soisson street in Barangay Sta. Lucia.

The heads of the two victims were covered in packing tape and both had signs left on their bodies identifying them as pushers.

In Mandaluyong City, a body stuffed in a sack and was found in a garbage heap along EDSA at around 5:30 a.m.

The victim’s head was wrapped in packing tape and a piece of cardboard identifying him as a pusher was found inside the sack.

In Quezon City, alleged drug dependent Rogelio Imperial, 23, was found dead along Placida street in Barangay Gulod at around 4 a.m.

A witness told police he saw the body of the victim with a sign identifying him as a snatcher and drug addict.

Imperial was shot in the chest and strangled, police said. A fired cartridge and a sachet of shabu were recovered at the scene.

2,000 users, pushers surrender

Meanwhile, at least 2,000 drug pushers and users surrendered in Manila, Malabon and Caloocan in the last two days.

More than 600 persons from more than 70 barangays in Manila turned themselves at a warehouse in Balut, Tondo while more than 1,000 surrendered to authorities in Malabon yesterday morning.

Those who surrendered in Manila were profiled and sent home, though they will be closely monitored by their barangay officials, said Senior Superintendent Joel Napoleon Coronel, Manila Police District director.

Most of those who turned themselves in said they were afraid they could be killed if they did not surrender. – Non Alquitran, Romina Cabrera, Rey Galupo