5 drug suspects slain

Five drug suspects have been killed in separate incidents in Luzon.

Lancelot Kaacbay and a man who has yet to be identified were found dead in Barangay Makinabang in Baliuag, Bulacan yesterday.

Their faces were covered with packing tape and their bodies bore a piece of cardboard identifying them as drug pushers.

Edwin Bernardo was shot dead by unidentified men in Barangay Ilang-Ilang in Guiguinto also in Bulacan yesterday.

Police said the fatalities were on the drug watchlist in their barangays.

Severino Pascua, alias Jong, a resident of Barangay Asan Sur in Sison town drew his gun and fled in a red Mitsubishi Adventure when he sensed that he had sold shabu to undercover agents in Barangay Poblacion 5 in Villasis, Pangasinan at around 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday, police said.

Pascua was collared at a checkpoint in Barangay Unsad, triggering a gunfight with po- lice officers.

Pedro San Jose, 44, reportedly engaged police officers in a shootout during a sting in Barangay Del Rosario in Pili town on Monday.

Sachets of shabu, guns and ammunition were recovered from the fatalities, police said.

No claimants

Meanwhile, the bodies of two Chinese men who were killed in an alleged shootout with police operatives during a raid on a shabu laboratory in Cauayan City, Isabela on Sunday have yet to be claimed.

Superintendent Ariel Quilang, Cauayan police chief, said he provided security to bodies of Kim Punzalan Uy and Cangbo Shien from Fujian, China to prevent any attempt to smuggle them out of the mortuary.

Derrick Carreon, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director for information, said they have yet to file cases in connection with the raid.