3 drug suspects killed in firefight

By Al Jacinto

Jun 03, 2023 12:07 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three suspected drug pushers were killed in a firefight with policemen and soldiers in North Cotabato province in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday.

Officials said policemen were about to serve a search warrant on a house in Marbel village in Matalam town when the trio engaged them in a gunfight on Thursday, June 1. A cohort was also captured by the police, according to LtCol. Arniel Melocotones, municipal police chief.

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