2021 PNP–PDEA shootout
| 2021 Philippine National Police–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency shootout | |||
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| Part of the Philippine drug war | |||
McDonald's Paragon Place and Don Antonio Pedestrian Overpass | |||
| Date | February 24, 2021 | ||
| Location | McDonald's Paragon Place parking lot, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 14°40′40.5″N 121°05′01.0″E / 14.677917°N 121.083611°E | ||
| Caused by | Under investigation | ||
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On February 24, 2021, a botched buy-bust operation resulted in a shootout between units of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. The incident resulted in the deaths of two police officers, a PDEA agent and an informant. Both agencies claimed that they had been conducting a legitimate anti-drug operation.