BATANGAS CITY鈥擜 suspected illegal drug trader was killed in a shootout with policemen in Lipa City in Batangas province on Monday morning, police said.
Supt. Barnard Danie Dasugo, Lipa City police director, said the suspect, identified only as 鈥淕lenn,鈥� died when he and a companion, identified only as 鈥淏ig Ben,鈥� engaged policemen in a gunfight in Barangay (village) Lodlod at 12:30 a.m.
Dasugo said police had planned a sting operation against the suspects but the latter asked for a change of venue near a convenience store in San Sebasti谩n village, also in Lipa.
鈥淭he suspects could have sensed that they were transacting with policemen. A chase ensued, leading to the village of Lodlod,鈥� Dasugo said.
The suspects, he said, fired at the pursuing policemen. The lawmen fired back, hitting Glenn.
Police said Glenn died instantly while his companion escaped on a motorcycle.
Recovered from the crime scene were a .45 cal. pistol, a coin pouch containing nine sachets of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and a mobile phone.
The confiscated illegal drugs, weighing a total of 45 grams, were worth P531,000, said Dasugo. 听厂贵惭