A suspected drug pusher was shot by riding-in-tandem motorcyclists around 11 p.m. last Friday in Juan Luna Street, Barangay Poblacion, Danao City, northern Cebu.
Bonie Gonzales Ponce, 35, single, died after sustaining gunshot wounds in the head and body.
Ponce was sitting by the roadside when he was shot by two unidentified motorcycle-riding men.
The assailants left a bond paper with the message “pusher ako wag tularan.”
According to Senior Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, chief of Danao City Police Station, Ponce was considered a level 2 drug pusher in the area who could allegedly dispose of 200 grams of illegal drugs per week.
Batobalonos said Ponce, who was in their drug watch list, allegedly refused to surrender through the “Oplan Tokhang.”
Police also gathered information that the victim allegedly failed to remit the proceeds of illegal drug trade to his supplier.
Batobalonos said the killing might have been carried out by a drug syndicate. He dismissed speculations that the killing was the handiwork of vigilantes.
Meanwhile, two other persons landed in the hospital after they were shot by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Candabong, Alcantara town, southwest Cebu around 7 p.m. last Friday.
The victims were identified as Jonnie Tomarong, 27, and his live-in partner Antonette Montemayor, 28.
Tomarong sustained a gunshot wound in the chest, while Montemayor was shot in her left shoulder .
PO1 Engelbert Orbeta of Alcantara Police Station said the victims were on their way home on board a motorcycle, when the backrider of another motorcycle, fired shots from behind.
According to Orbeta, Tomarong, an alleged drug dependent, had previously surrendered to the police through Oplan Tokhang.
Both were brought to Alcantara rural health center, but later transferred to a hospital in Cebu City.
In Borbon town, northern Cebu, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with policemen during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bungulan around 5 p.m. last Friday.
Kenneth Dosdos died from a gunshot wound in the chest.
SPO3 Johnny Ceniza of Borbon Police Station said operatives led by Senior Insp. Audie Pelayo conducted a buy-bust operation against Dosdos after receiving information that the suspect was allegedly peddling drugs again despite having surrendered through “Oplan Tokhang.”
Ceniza said that Dosdos retreated after sensing that his brother Richie, 26, and Alvin Mondejar, 22, were transacting with a police poseur-buyer.
Dosdos allegedly fired several shots at pursuing policemen, who retaliated and hit him in the chest. Dosdos was brought to Sogod District Hospital but was pronounced dead by the attending physician.
Recovered from his possession were a .38 revolver with two bullets and medium-sized plastic bag containing what is believed to be shabu. Four small sachets of alleged shabu were also recovered from Richie and Mondejar.
Meanwhile, a man considered to be a level 3 drug pusher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay South Poblacion, San Francisco in Camotes Island on Friday afternoon. The suspect was identified as Arthur Barcenas Roa.
According to Senior Insp. Phillip John Libres the suspect had been advised to surrender but refused to do so.
More than 6 grams of alleged shabu worth around P80,000 was recovered from his possession.
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