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Shootout in Quezon City stemmed from ‘set-up’
Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a shootout with the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Socorro, Quezon City on Tuesday.
The suspects allegedly opened fire at the approaching operatives, leading to an encounter that wounded one police officer and a civilian informant.
Authorities seized 10 kilos of suspected shabu worth P68 million, concealed in boxes designed to look like packs of noodles.
The operation targeted four individuals, with one suspect escaping.
The PDEG director stated that initial reports suggest the suspects attempted to mislead officers, possibly as a set-up to take the illegal drugs and the money.
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Packages appearing to be bricks of shabu, seized in a Quezon City buy-bust operation that resulted in three deaths, have tested negative for illegal drugs.
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Three high-value drug suspects were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in Pangasinan and Iloilo City, leading to the confiscation of over P14.6 million worth of suspected shabu.
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Over two kilos of shabu worth P16 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Palo, Leyte.
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