DAET, Camarines Norte: A 51-year-old suspected drug ring member
was shot dead while driving a car with his family before noon recently at
Barangay Magsaysay in Capalonga, Camarines Norte, the Philippine National
Police (PNP) here said.
Senior Superintendent Joselito Esquivel, PNP director in
Camarines Norte, said Leoman Arana was attacked and killed by two
motorcycle-riding gunmen at about 10.30am while onboard a Nissan Sentra bound
for the town proper of Capalonga.
Arana died on the spot after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds,
Esquivel added. His live-in partner and three children, however, survived the
incident unscathed.
Capalonga is about 40km northeast of this capital town of Daet,
where the victim resided.
The assailants, who fled right after the incident towards the
neighboring town of Labo, remain at large.
The calibers of the firearms used and the motive in killing
Arana are yet to be determined by the police.
The victim, Esquivel said, was suspected to be a member of Arana
Drug Group and had been under police watch for almost eight years for his
alleged involvement in illegal drug trade in Camarines Norte until he was
arrested in 2004.
He was facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drug Act, Esquivel added. – Bicol Mail
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