KORONADAL CITY – A suspect was killed in a police anti-drug operation in Tacurong City on Tuesday dawn. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat police director, identified the slain man as Russel Hamid Paglas alias “Tsokay Piang,” a resident of the “Yellow Village” subdivision, Barangay New Isabela, Tacurong City. Supiter said Paglas resisted arrest and traded shots with lawmen at 4 a.m., triggering a brief gun battle. He was injured and rushed by police officials to a hospital in Tacurong City where he expired. Paglas was one of the subjects of search warrants issued by Judge Alexandrex Betoya of Regional Trial Court 13 in Cotabato City.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 16, 2016 11:37 UTC