A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at 9:10 p.m. Thursday at the junction of the north national highway and E.J. Blanco Road in Daro, Dumaguete City at the height of the city’s 63rd charter day anniversary.

An initial police report identified the suspect as Arvin Duhaylungsod, 29, married, of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, and currently residing in Barangay Batinguel, Dumaguete.

Seized from Duhaylungsod were two bricks of suspected dried marijuana leaves placed inside a bag, a P500 marked bill on top of “boodle” or entrapment money, and 12 match boxes containing suspected dried marijuana leaves from the U-box of the suspect’s motorcycle.

The arrest was made by a joint team of operatives from the Philippine National Police Provincial Intelligence Bureau, the Dumaguete City police, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Bureau of Investigation.

PNP-PIB chief, Insp. Janelito Marquez, said each “marijuana bundle” was street-valued at P7,000 while a match box of marijuana would cost at least P100.

Duhaylungsod had been placed under close surveillance for sometime because of reports that he was peddling illegal drugs in Dumaguete and other nearby towns.*JFP

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