5-6 cops listed in slain drug suspect’s ‘blue book’

Around five to six names of policemen were in the so-called “blue book” allegedly owned by a suspected drug dealer who was killed in a gunfight in Bien Unido town in Bohol two weeks ago.

Supt. Paul Labra II, chief of the intelligence division of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said figures believed to represent amounts of money were scribbled beside the names of each of the policemen.

Labra withheld the names of the policemen as investigators continue to dig deeper to establish and confirm the link between the policemen and the slain suspect, Owen Rosales.

Among those who surrendered were: Roberto Olalo, Paolo Avenido, Orlando Garcia and Joan Cajes.

Rosales was among the casualties in the shootout that allegedly occurred during a follow-up police operation. The other fatalities were identified as: Amie Camero, Armando Quisto, Glenn Sayson, Junifer Bicada and Carlito Kiamko.

The police were in pursuit of the suspects in the killing of Chief Insp. George Caña, chief of police of Ubay town.

Labra said the 17-year-old Camero from Talisay City and the other fatalities tested positive for gunpowder burns which indicate that they had fired guns during or before the encounter.

Labra said the cellphones of the fatalities contained text messages that were allegedly sent by the policemen on the list. Ballistics tests showed that the spent shells found in the scene where Caña was killed matched the M16 rifle recovered from Rosales’ group.

The results confirmed that the group of Rosales was responsible for the death of Caña, police said.