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Sunday, September 11, 2005
Cop shoots, kills pedicab driver in drug bust
By Marna H. Dagumboy
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - A buy-bust operation in Barangay Dolores here Thursday night turned into a bloody encounter after a member of the city police force shot and killed the brother of a suspected drug peddler.
Sources identified the police officer as Senior Police Officer 2 Manny Canlas, while the man he shot was identified as one Melchor Dalanpuri, 26, a pedicab driver residing in the area.
Reports said Canlas, along with elements of the city police, went to Barangay Dolores to conduct a buy-bust operation, which targeted Dalanpuri's brother Rodel, a suspected drug peddler.
Witnesses, who requested anonymity, told police that Canlas, during the buy-bust, pointed his gun at the local folk.
The victim, witnesses said, was trying to mediate with the police, who were then arresting his brother for drugs, when he was allegedly shot at close range by Canlas.
But Canlas claimed that the victim bashed him with a piece of wood, which prompted him to shoot the latter.
Meanwhile, Provincial Police Director Leonardo Espina and City Police Chief Nicanor Targa said Canlas will be charged for homicide and even assured the victim's family that there will be no whitewash in the investigation of the incident.
(September 11, 2005 issue)
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