A suspected drug personality in Dumaguete City was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen Wednesday evening, at the national highway in Lawisid, Banilad, Bacong, Oriental Negros.

Marlon Generoso Chavez, 33, of Zone 3, Barangay Looc in Dumaguete sustained gunshot wounds in the head and different parts of his body that caused his instantaneous death, initial police investigations disclosed.

The two suspects who were on board a motorcycle were going south and following the victim, when they pumped in several rounds of ammunition with the use of an Ingram automatic rifle.

Bacong chief of police, Inspector Edwin Tuble, said recovered from the crime scene were 12 empty shells of 9mm bullet, one empty shell of a .38 caliber revolver, a Honda Wave motorcycle and a white hat full of bullet holes.

The victim was immediately brought to the Holy Child Hospital where he expired later.

According to the chief of police, illegal drug paraphernalia were recovered from the victim's body.

A sachet of shabu and a tooter were also found in his underwear by the attending physicians which were turned over by the nurse-on-duty, Ma. Louela Alabata, to Tuble.

Police records show that Chavez had been arrested for violating provisions of the anti-dangerous drugs law.

Eyewitnesses accounts disclosed that they only hear an automatic burst of gunfire, but did not say who the perpetrators were

Meanwhile, two suspected drug peddlers were arrested in separate police operations Wednesday evening in Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City.

Arrested first at Sitio Canday-ong, Barangay Calindagan was Stephen Ramos, who yielded a sachet of shabu and three P100 peso bills in marked money

. Late in the evening, a certain Mario Alejado who lives in Barangay Cadawinonan, was nabbed in Barangay Looc by elements of the Task Force 24.

Alejado was with another drug suspect identified as Rodolfo Baldado who scampered to different directions upon the arrival of the police operatives.

Alejado was arrested while Baldado was able to evade the police dragnet.

Allegedly taken from the possession of Alejado were four sachets of shabu. On the other hand, Alejado vehemently denied ownership of the confiscated items. He also accused a member of the raiding team of inflicting him injuries.*

back to top