- Davao City authorities kill 2 suspects and arrested 21 others in separate anti-drug operations
- This was part of Davao’s “One Time Big Time” anti-illegal drug operations
- The operations led to the confiscation of firearms and illegal drugs worth at least P200,000
Two alleged drug pushers were killed and 21 others were arrested after Davao City authorities held separate anti-illegal drug operations in the city.
This was part of the “One Time Big Time” operation of the Davao City Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), which coordinated eight drug raids and at least 10 buy-bust operations.
The sting operations led to shootouts after suspects initially resisted arrest. The two killed during the shootouts were identified as Ronald Dela Cruz, alias Junex, and MR Barra.
Police had initially served a warrant against Dela Cruz during a buy-bust at the Alamo Inn located at corner San Pedro and Legaspi streets but the suspect pulled out a .38-caliber hand gun which prompted the arresting officer to shoot him in self-defense.
Authorities managed to recover one big and two small sachets of shabu worth P7,000, shabu paraphernalia, and the hand gun containing five live ammunitions and one fired cartridge.
In a separate location, another shootout occurred between police and suspect Barra in Purok 4 Bucana, Barangay 76-A.
Recovered in that crime scene were one shotgun with four live ammunitions, one revolver loaded with six live ammunitions, one unit air gun, one unit .45 caliber pistol with one magazine containing six live ammunitions, a bag of marijuana leaves weighing two kilos, and ten packets of shabu worth P10,000.
Authorities were able to confirm that suspect Barra, was a son of a former police officer, who was among the top ten most wanted drug operators in the city.
All in all, the “One Time Big Time” operation led to the arrest of 21 other suspects, as well as the seizure of eight firearms, 50 pieces of assorted ammunitions, several sachets of shabu, and two kilograms worth of marijuana.
The illegal drugs confiscated amounted to an estimated market price of P200,000.
Davao City Police Director Sr. Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr. told the Mindanao Daily Mirror that authorities are carrying on their hardline stance cracking down on illegal drugs in the city, admitting that the illegal drug trade continues to thrive in urban areas.
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