Drug suspect killed in Bacolod buy-bust

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 09:29:10 +0000

BACOLOD CITY – A drug suspect who had just been released from jail was killed following a buy-bust operation Friday morning in the middle of a sugarcane field in Barangay Vista Alegre.

Police identified the suspect as Billy Bantayanon, 34, of Barangay 28.

Maj. Sherlock Gabana, head of Police Station 7, said the operation was around 10:30 a.m.

After sensing that he was transacting with an undercover policeman, Bantayanon pulled out his firearm and tried to escape aboard his motorcycle.

Bantayon was killed in the ensuing shootout.

Authorities recovered from the scene four fired bullets of .45 caliber pistol, and the suspect’s motorcycle.

Also confiscated from his possession were 75 grams of suspected shabu worth P1,125,000, the P10,000 marked money, and P1,986 cash.

Gabana said Bantayanon will b
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