1 killed, 5 nabbed in Bicol drug ops

LEGAZPI CITY – An alleged high-value target illegal drug pusher was slain in a shootout while six others were nabbed by police anti-narcotics operatives in separate drug stings in three Bicol provinces on Monday night.

Suspected shabu worth almost PHP300,000 was seized in the operations in Masbate, Camarines Sur and Albay provinces, according to Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, spokesperson of Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol).

“In Albay, suspect Bobby Vargas, 40, of Barangay Cormidal in Tabaco City was caught selling shabu in a drug operation in said village at around 6:40 p.m. Police recovered from the suspect five shabu sachets weighing 20 grams with street value of PHP136,000,” she said.

In Camarines Sur, Jonil Borromeo, 41, considered a high-value target illegal drug pusher, was killed after resisting arrest by policemen in Barangay Del Rosario, Iriga City around 6 p.m.

Police recovered from the suspect a .38-caliber handgun, and sachets of shabu with unspecified weight and worth.

In Buhi town also in Camarines Sur, suspects Bobby, 42, and Christopher, 43, both surnamed Samantela; and Christopher Arroyo, 36, all residents of Barangay De Los Angeles, were caught selling shabu to an undercover police agent around 7:15 p.m.

The suspects, also considered as high-value targets, yielded nine sachets of shabu worth PHP125,000.

In Palanas, Masbate, Leynard Bryan, 34, likewise a high-value target, was caught in possession of two sachets of shabu in a drug sting in Barangay Nabangig. (PNA)