TWO persons accused of shooting and killing a man were taken into custody by the police in separate buy-bust operations at dawn on Thursday, November 9, 2023, in Sitio Lutaw-Lutaw, Barangay Sto. Niño, Cebu City.The suspects were identified as Jason Flores, 27, and Leobert Abajo, 33, both residents of the said place.Both of them worked as porters in Carbon Public Market. Flores was the first to be arrested at 1:25 a.m.Seized from him were 10 grams of suspected shabu worth P68,000 and a .
The anti-illegal drug operation was conducted by the operatives of the Drug Enforcement Unit of Waterfront Police Station. Flores and Abajo were accused of killing Coel Jay Pacadar, 30, of Consolacion town, on June 13, 2013, in Sitio Lutaw-Lutaw.Their trouble reportedly began when Pacadar confronted the suspects for staring at him while he was inside his parked car.In the middle of their altercation, Abajo approached the victim and spoke with him as seen in the CCTV footage.