Crime gang leader, companion dead in Camarines Norte shootout

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LEGAZPI CITY —- A leader of a gun-for-hire group and his companion were killed in a shootout on Wednesday morning with police operatives, while another was arrested in a remote village in Labo town in Camarines Norte province, a police report said.

Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, identified the slain gang leader as Jonel Alcanzo of the Alcanzo crime group and Joseph Piad, alias Bukol/Bokel, a member of the crime group who had alleged links with the New People’s Army in the province.

Another alleged gang member, Nicolas Placio alias “Olay,” was arrested in a separate police sting in the same village. Placio was caught in possession of a .38-caliber pistol …

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