Policeman slain by fellow cops in an illegal gun trade sting in Albay

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LEGAZPI CITY —- A police corporal allegedly engaged in the illegal sale of firearms was killed before noon Friday in a shootout during a police entrapment operation in Daraga town in Albay.

Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said the killed was Corporal Joel Tualla, a resident of Libmanan town in Camarines Sur, who was assigned at Polangui, Albay.

The report said Tualla was selling a .9mm KG9 submachine gun and a .45-caliber pistol to a police undercover agent when he drew his firearm and shot at the undercover cops after sensing it was a set-up.

One of the approaching police operatives, Lt. Nestor Callos Jr., was hit at the back but survived with just a …

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