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Three individuals are confirmed dead in an armed encounter along 13th Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City.

Initial information from a source says the operation involved personnel from the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) during a buy-bust. 


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3 suspects killed in PNP Drug Enforcement Group buy-bust in Cubao

Francis Orcio

ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Three drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police during a buy-bust operation launched by the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday, November 18.According to an ABS-CBN News source, the fatalities were all suspects involved in the operation. Their bodies were still being processed late Tuesday by the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and the PNP Forensic Group.Authorities recovered a box from a hatchback vehicle at the scene, with its contents packed in multiple sealed sachets. Police have yet to confirm whether the items are illegal drugs.Information gathered by ABS-CBN News indicates that the suspects had been under surveillance by the PNP-DEG in Bulacan before the operation was set in place in Cubao. The source said the confrontation began when the suspects met with a PNP-DEG asset for the supposed drug transaction. The suspects allegedly realized that the money offered was “boodle money” or counterfeit cash used in police operations. This reportedly triggered the suspects to draw their firearms, prompting a gunfight with operatives.Three suspects were killed, while another allegedly managed to escape. The police asset was also wounded and rushed to the hospital.Recovered from the vehicle was a substance believed to be shabu, with an estimated value of about P6 million.Police have yet to release the identities of the slain suspects.

Three drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police during a buy-bust operation launched by the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday, November 18.

Three drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police during a buy-bust operation launched by the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday, November 18.