A police officer who had gone AWOL (absent without leave) and turned to drug trafficking was gunned down by fellow policemen in a buy-bust operation late Thursday night in Quezon City.

Reports reaching the office of Senior Supt. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, director of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), said PO3 Elito Obligacion, assigned with the Marikina City Police, sustained several gunshot wounds after he engaged operatives of the QCPD Police Station 3 in a gun battle.

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