CIDG NorCot agents kill Davao Norte drug syndicate member

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team (CIDT) in North Cotabato and the Kidapawan City PNP neutralized a known member of a drug syndicate operating in Davao del Norte and other parts of Mindanao, around 6 p.m., Monday, police reports said.Senior Police Officer 1 Mardonni Alegarbes of the investigation unit of the Kidapawan City PNP identified the slain suspect as Dodong Catiz, one of the members of the notorious Joel Baguio Criminal Gang of Davao del Norte.The Baguio syndicate, according to intelligence reports, is engaged in gun for hire, gun running, and drug trafficking.Alegarbes said the CIDG Cotabato operatives spotted Catiz at Barangay Kalaisan, Kidapawan City, and immediately launched an operation against him.The suspect, Alegarbes added, engaged the police in shootout that resulted to his death.The suspect was immediately rushed to the Kidapawan City Hospital by workers of the Emergency Call 911 of the Kidapawan City Government but was pronounced dead upon arrival, Alegarbes said.The CIDG and PNP recovered from the suspect a caliber 38 revolver with live ammunition a fired cartridge of Caliber .22 magnum with four live ammunition and a fired cartridge of Caliber .22 revolver.The guns and ammunition are placed under the custody of CIDT North Cotabato in Kidapawan City.