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PDEA shoots drug dealer dead, seizes P13.6-M ‘shabu’ in Sulu
Anti-narcotics agents seized P13.6 million worth of shabu from a dealer who was killed in a shootout during a sting operation in Luuk, Sulu.
The suspect, Pailan Sahali Jumali, was declared dead on arrival at a hospital after provoking a shootout when he sensed he was about to be arrested.
Agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) and the Sulu Provincial Police Office conducted the entrapment.
Two kilos of shabu, with an estimated value of P13.6 million, were confiscated from Jumali.
A bystander, Julpuri Wadih Sailabbi, was wounded in the crossfire during the operation.
The operation was supported by Sulu Governor Hadji Abdusakur Mahail Tan, various units of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, and the military's Western Mindanao Command.
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