A Bacolodnon was arrested with P204,000 in suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation at Purok Tisa, Brgy. 20, Bacolod City, 9:55 p.m. Thursday, March 14.
Arrested was Romi Maquiling, 56, of Purok Tapulanga, Brgy. Taculing in Bacolod, the police reported Friday.
Recovered was suspected shabu weighing 30 grams, the police said.
Maquiling had been arrested in 2016 for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act and was released in 2021 after serving his sentence, the police added.
He is now detained at the Bacolod Police Station 4.*