COTABATO CITY——-A suspected drug pusher was killed in an alleged shootout with law enforcers while 15 others were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Picong town, Lanao del Sur on Friday (May 14).
Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) identified the slain suspect as Kareem Usop Abedin, a resident of Barangay (village) Kabaturan in Picong town.
Two police officers were slightly injured in the brief firefight, Azurin added.
Azurin said seven of Abedin’s companions later surrendered peacefully. They are identified as Jerry Toma, Liya Dimaampao, Ansano Ampuan,…
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