A SUSPECTED drug pusher was shot dead in Sitio Bamboo, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City at 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.

The victim was identified as Robert Miñoza Bacalso alias Tanga, 43, a resident of the said place.

Bacalso succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head and body.

Some witnesses were able to identify the gunman, but the police chose to conceal his identity so as not to jeopardize their ongoing manhunt operation.

Bacalso’s live-in partner admitted that the victim was involved in peddling illegal drugs.

According to police, the man was slain because he didn't send in the money from his narcotics transactions.

Police theorized that the victim was slain because he didn’t remit the drug proceeds. (AYB, TPT)