LAGUNA – A High Value Individual and prominent member of the Amante Drug Group was shot and killed in a buy-bust operation in Calauan City, Laguna.
Police Lt. Col. Serafin Petalio II identified the suspect as Adam Villanueva, a resident of Barangay Dayap in Calauan City.
The combined forces of the Provincial Intelligence Unit, Phil Drug Enforcement Unit Laguna Police Provincial Office, Regional Intelligence Division, Regional SOU and Calauan Municipal station conducted a buy-bust operation in the said area minutes after a botched transaction between Villanueva and a poseur buyer.
Instead of surrendering, the suspect pulled out a gun and fired at the policemen ended up in the shootout until Villanueva was killed.
He was taken to the nearest hospital in the area but died immediately.
Villanueva is known as a member of the Amante Drug Group which sells illegal drugs in the town of Calauan and some nearby areas.
A cal. 38 gun, a Heat Sealed Transparent Plastic Sachet suspected of Shabu and several cartridges were recovered from the suspect.