BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and P1,870,600 worth of suspected shabu and marijuana were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Bilaho, Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental Thursday, July 14.
Police identified the suspect as Rex Quilong Quilong, 42, of Barangay 35 here.
Police Capt. Renante Salgado, deputy chief of the Bago City Police Station, said that Quilong Quilong is considered a high value individual since more than 50 grams of illegal drugs were recovered from him.
He said that Quilong Quilong went to Bago City and rented a house following the arrest of his brother here last March for a drug offense.
Police recovered from Quilong Quilong 275 grams of suspected shabu worth P1,870,000 and five grams of suspected marijuana valued at P600.
Also confiscated from him were drug paraphernalia, a .45 caliber pistol, and five live ammunition, Salgado said.
Police Col. Leo Pamittan, acting director of the Negros Occidental police, lauded the operatives for another successful accomplishment in the campaign against illegal drugs in the province.