11 drug suspects slain

MANILA, Philippines – Eleven more suspected drug personalities, including a village chief, have been killed in separate incidents in Luzon.

Rommel Marticio, 54, chairman of Barangay Inarado, allegedly drew his gun when he sensed he had sold shabu to a police officer who posed as a buyer in front of his house in Daraga, Albay on Tuesday.

Senior Inspector Arthur Gomez, Albay police information officer, said Marticio was a “high-value” drug pusher.

A sachet of shabu, a caliber .38 revolver and P1,000 in cash were recovered from the fatality.

In Ilocos Sur, Miguel Dizon, who was on the drug watchlist of Barangay Poblacion Norte in Sta. Maria town, was killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding men yesterday.

Also yesterday in Pampanga, Mispaf Sarip, alias Muslim, reportedly engaged police officers in a shootout during a drug sting in Barangay Sto. Domingo in Angeles City.

Pedicab driver Leonard Aucillo, 26; his brother Raymond, 24, and a man who has yet to be identified were found dead along the road in Barangay Malitlit in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna after midnight yesterday.

Superintendent Giovanni Martinez, Sta. Rosa police chief, said the fatalities were suspected drug pushers and robbery gang members.

In La Union, armed men stormed the house of Ritchie Mamaril, 37, in Barangay San Simon West in Aringay town and shot her repeatedly on Tuesday night.

Chief Inspector Silverio Ordinado Jr., La Union police spokesman, said the attack occurred at around 10:30 p.m.

Suspected vigilantes shot dead tricycle driver Emil Quiambao, 35, in Barangay Valle Cruz in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.

Farmer Lopito Evangelista, 44, a resident of Barangay Cadaclan, Pantabangan town was found hanging from a mango tree. A suicide note was found among his personal belongings.

Police said Quiambao was on the barangay drug watchlist while Evangelista surrendered under Oplan Tokhang recently.

In Pangasinan, Alfredo Castro and Domingo Flores, 45, were gunned down in Binmaley and Sta. Barbara towns, respectively, on Monday afternoon. Police said the fatalities were on the barangay drug watchlist.

Village execs nabbed

In La Union, Ereneo Bernardo, chairman of Barangay. Calumbaya in Bauang town was arrested in a police operation yesterday morning.

Bernardo’s arrest was based on a warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 67 Judge Ferdinand Fe.

A 9mm pistol,  a caliber .38 revolver, an M16 rifle as well as ammunition were seized from the suspect.

Kyle Bryan Andres, 31, councilman of Barangay Disimpit, was arrested in  a sting in Barangay Uno in Jones, Isabela on Tuesday.

Senior Superintendent Leon Rafael, Isabela police director, said the suspect yielded a sachet of shabu with an estimated street value of P2,500.?Police also seized Andres’ Nissan Urvan.

Meanwhile, in Surigao del Norte, 17.93 grams of shabu with an estimated street value of P211,574 were confiscated in separate stings in Gigaguit town  on Tuesday.

Chief Superintendent Ronaldo Felix, Caraga police chief, said Jury Cariaga, Mario Tabulo and Rudy Sanchez, who were on the town’s drug watchlist, were arrested. – Raymund Catindig, Ben Serrano, Celso Amo, Cesar Ramirez, Francis Elevado, Manny Galvez, Eva Visperas, Ed Amoroso