Cops kill jail guard in Samar drug bust
- 12;46PM Jayson Macapanas
- Aug 13, 2017
- 1 min read
Police killed a jail guard in a drug bust in Basey, Samar on Saturday morning.
Chief Inspector Bella Rentuaya, spokesperson of the Eastern Visayas Police Regional Office, identified the suspect as Artistotle Fernandez, 43, assigned at the sub-provincial jail in Basey.
Rentuaya said Fernandez was killed by policemen when he pulled out a gun during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Buscada at around 10:45 a.m.
She said Fernandez is listed as a high-value target of the Samar Police Provincial Office.
Seized from the suspect were his service firearm and several plastic sachets of suspected shabu.
SOURCE: Robert Dejon/ALG, GMA News
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