Police officer, said high value target, dies in Camarines Sur buy-bust
February 4, 2020
A police officer allegedly in Bicol regional police high value target (HVT) was killed in a buy- bust operation in Camarines Sur last Monday.
Police Major Ma. Luisa Calubaquib, the regional spokesperson. named the suspect as Patrolman Domingo Cabañez Jr.
Calubaquib said operatives from Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 5 conducted buy-bust operation against the police officer at Barangay Topas Proper in Nabua around 11: 43 am.
Investigation disclosed that Cabañez noticed that he was transacting with a police poseur-buyer, which led him to draw his firearm.
The poseur-buyer retaliated which resulted in an armed confrontation.
The suspect sustained gunshot wounds on his body and was brought to the Tanchuling Hospital, Iriga City but was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.
Authorities recovered three pieces of shabu and Cabañez's firearm.
Calubaquib said Cabañez was appointed to the police service in 2005 and was assigned in Camarines Sur PPO. But he was dropped from the rolls effective January 20, 2016.
In November 12, 2018, he was reinstated and returned to active duty in the police service. He was then assigned to the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Section in Bicol.
“Amidst this incident, the PNP assures the public that it remains relentless in its campaign against illegal drugs and that it will continue to perform its duties within the bounds of the law, with due respect for human rights and with utmost impartiality,” she said. Ella Dionisio/DMS
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