The fatality was identified as Reynante Cañete Alvarez, 54, fifth in the priority list of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Alvarez was reportedly shot by a PDEA agent when the armed suspect tried to resist arrest after the exchange of marked money and suspected shabu during a transaction.
The suspect was killed on the spot.
Operatives recovered 50 grams worth of shabu with an estimated street value of P340,000, marked money, a 9mm pistol, an identification card, a motorcycle, and other personal items.
The confiscated items were brought to the PDEA headquarters.