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A notorious drug pusher was slain while a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent was injured in a brief firefight between anti-narcotics agents and Marikina City’s drug ring members that also led to the arrest of two target-listed drug traffickers and five others during a buy-bust operation in JP Rizal St, Santo Nino, Marikina City on September 12.
PDEA director general Undersecretary Arturo G Cacdac Jr identified the suspects as Conrado Macalino, 46; Richard Pascual, 40; Michael Balagtas, 46; Rommel Tiangco, 40; Frederick del Rosario, 35; Ranier Amante (34) and Darwin Canieso (23).
All are residents of Marikina City.
Cacdac identified Macalino as a target-listed drug trafficker and a member of the Randy Mina Domingo Drug Group operating in Marikina City. He was previously arrested in 1995 for drug-pushing and was convicted under the old anti-drug law, the Republic Act 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 but was later freed in 2003 under probation. Pascual is also a target-listed drug pusher and was arrested for possession of illegal drugs by the Marikina Police this year but he was able to post bail worth P17,000 pesos.
At around 1.30pm, agents of PDEA Regional Office – National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR) under Attorney Jacquelyn De Guzman, in co-ordination with Marikina City police and with assistance of the Military Intelligence Group and Intelligence Service Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) conducted the buy-bust operation inside Balagtas’ residence doubling as a drug den in Sto Nino, Marikina City where the drug transaction took place.
A brief encounter ensued between one of the suspects and the operatives which resulted in the wounding of one PDEA personnel and the death of Alexander Siobal alias “Boss”, one of the targets of the operation. The wounded PDEA personnel was immediately brought to the nearest hospital for medical attention.
Confiscated from the suspects were sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, weighing approximately 75 grams and worth 375,000 pesos, various drug paraphernalia, one Ford Focus and one pistol containing one magazine loaded with six rounds of ammunition.
“The wounding of one PDEA personnel during the operation underscores the hazardous nature of the anti-drug operations,” Cacdac said.
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