7 drug suspects slain in Luzon

Seven more drug suspects were killed in separate incidents in Luzon on Sunday.

Senior Superintendent Manuel Cornel, Nueva Ecija police director, identified two of the fatalities as Narciso Lopez Jr., 46, a resident of Barangay Mapalit in San Isidro town, and Jimboy Adra, 25, of Barangay Piut, Carranglan.

Cornel said unidentified motorcycle-riding men gunned down Lopez and Adra, who were allegedly drug personalities in their areas.

In Baguio City, businessman Fernando Manangan was shot in the head while Denib Bavistamin, 44, was stabbed in the chest by unidentified men along First Road in Barangay Quezon Hill. The fatalities were on the barangay drug watchlist.

Joel Ofania, 32, was driving his tricycle in Barangay Macalva in Agoo, La Union when a man wearing a bonnet alighted from a van and opened fire.

In Catanduanes, Mark Buluran, alias Galog, died in a reported shootout with police during a sting in Barangay Danicop in Virac town.

A certain Benboy Canete was killed while his companion Bengbeng Delimois was arrested in Barangay Bagumbayan in Paracale, Camarines Norte.

Police said the suspects were being transported to the police station after they were caught packing shabu in a vacant lot when Canete grabbed the service firearm of one of their police escorts.

Eight sachets of suspected shabu, two weighing scales as well as drug paraphernalia were allegedly recovered from the suspects. More arrests

Meanwhile, Reynaldo Panuga, 33, who was ranked third on the drug watchlist of the Sorsogon police, was arrested in a sting in Gubat town.

In Cagayan, Celoford Tumaneng was collared in Barangay 3, Claveria town after handing five sachets of shabu worth P50,000 to undercover agents, said Senior Inspector Clarence Labasan, town police chief.

Labasan said Tumaneng is a relative of barangay chairman Victor Tumaneng, who was arrested in July after a raid on his room at a local resort yielded P150 million worth of shabu.

At least 16 other persons were arrested in separate stings in Angeles City, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija.