THE “right-hand man” of self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa was killed during a police operation on Saturday night in Ormoc City, Leyte, an official said.

Chief Insp. Maria Bella Rentuaya, spokeswoman for the Eastern Visayas Police Regional Office, said operatives from the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit in Eastern Visayas, Ormoc City Police Office and Leyte Provincial Police Office were about to serve an arrest warrant to Max Miro at 10 p.m. on Friday when he allegedly “resisted arrest” and fired his gun, prompting authorities to shoot back. Miro is facing murder charges.

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