Subic, ZAMBALES – A suspected drug pusher was killed on Wednesday after a firefight with an undercover police agent in Barangay Mangan-vaca of this town.
Subic MPS chief Police Major Gilbert Diaz identified the suspect as Abrill Punzalan 25, alias Tikas. He was shot by an undercover agent during a buy-bust operation in the said municipality.
Punzalan was with another person when the undercover agent was transacting with them.
Punzalan sensed that the buyer was an undercover agent, drew his gun and shot at the police. But the police retaliated and shot the suspect, killing him instantly. His companion quickly fled the scene and is currently at large.
PNP reports stated that Punzalan was involved in drug peddling and a series of robberies in this town and nearby municipalities.
The authorities confiscated from the suspect a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing shabu, an unlicensed maroon Kawasaki Fury motorcycle, and a 9mm caliber pistol.
The police are conducting a follow up operation for the possible apprehension of Punzalan’s cohort who is still at-large.