An alleged Nigerian drug dealer was shot dead during a buy-bust operation at a hotel in Bagong Ilog in Pasig City, the Phillippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) said on Tuesday, January.
The Nigerian
identified as Emmanuel Christopher Chukwuma, a resident of Angeles City in
Pampanga, was killed because he allegedly fought back the arresting officers,
said DEG director, Bri. Gen. Ronald Lee.
The operation
was conducted in an inn along Escarpment Road in Barangay Bagong Ilog at 5:30
p.m. on Monday.
An undercover
cop pretended to be an interested client and met the suspect in the hotel where
he was staying.
The report
said Chukwuma, upon sensing that he was dealing with police officers, grabbed
the firearm of the poseur buyer. This prompted arresting police officers to
shoot the suspect as an act of self-defence.
Police
allegedly discovered PHP13.6 million (US$283,000) worth of meth in his
possession. Chukwuma was allegedly the
leader of a gang composed of fellow Nigerians who sell drugs in different parts
of Luzon.
Police said
he was a partner of another Nigerian, Gabriel Onyechefula, who was killed in a
police operation in Concepcion, Tarlac last December. He was able to escape the
sting operation where two kilos of drugs and a machine pistol were confiscated,
until same operatives managed to track him down, the PDEG said.
The deceased
was also allegedly a contact of Kingsley Iwumune, who was arrested on November
5, 2020 in Brgy. Manuyo Dos, Las Pinas City.
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