LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. A police officer inspects the firearms and hand grenade found near a suspected drug den in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, where gunmen traded shots with lawmen during the serving of a warrant of arrest against a wanted person on Thursday (March 21, 2024). The shoot-out left one suspect dead and another injured. (Photo from Datu Odin Sinsuat MPS)
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao Norte – A suspected drug peddler was killed while another one was hurt during the serving of a warrant of arrest in Barangay Semba here on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Lt. Colonel Sahibon Mamantal, municipal police station chief, said the shoot-out erupted when police officers were about to serve the warrant for murder to Samsudin Krega, also listed as an illegal drug personality.
Mamantal said Krega and other suspects opened fire on approaching law enforcers, triggering a brief gun battle.
Krega managed to escape while his companions traded shots with law enforcement officers during the 1 p.m. operation, he added.
"The two were injured and rushed by police to a hospital in Cotabato City, where one of them later expired," Mamantal said in his report.
Police recovered a .38-caliber revolver, an Ingram pistol, a hand grenade, and ammunition at the drug den. (PNA)
