Suspected drug lord Johnny de Leon and two others were killed by members of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and Region 2 police in his safe house in Barangay Pag-asa, Quezon City,聽Sunday.
De Leon鈥檚 hechmen, Arnold Manipon, 61, and an unidentified man around 30-35 years old, were also killed in the encounter.
According to the spot report, one of the slain suspects had fired at the approaching policemen who were serving a search warrant around聽5 a.m..
The joint police operatives had arrived at the scene to implement a search warrant on De Leon after reports that some of his firearms registration were already expired, said Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, QCPD district director.
Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 89 issued the warrant.
De Leon reportedly supplied 鈥渟habu鈥� (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in Isabela, Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya provinces, said Senior Supt. Remus Medina, chief of Regional Intel Division of Police Regional Office 2. JE