5 killed in P1.6M drug bust, separate ambush in Maguindanao del Norte

COTABATO CITY — A man and his son were killed in an alleged anti-drug operation while a family of three were slain in an ambush in Maguindanao del Norte on Monday, police said. Lt. Colonel Esmael Madin, Datu Odin municipal police station chief, said farmer Mandangan Noden, 48, and his son Iverson, 19, were killed in a drug buy-bust in Barangay Bagoinged of Datu Odin Sinsuat town at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 1. Madin claimed that Nodin and his son had traded shots with approaching law enforcers during the operation conducted by the police and backed by the Army. […]... Keep on reading: 5 killed in P1.6M drug bust, separate ambush in Maguindanao del Norte