Two weeks after he turned himself in to the police and was released on the condition that he will never go back to his illicit activities, a suspected drug pusher was killed during a buy-bust operation inside his house in Marikina City on Thursday night.

Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, acting director of the Eastern Police District, identified the slain suspect as Jose Bumatay Jr. of Barangay Taniong of this city.

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