Ten suspected members of the Dawlah Islamiya–Maute Group were killed in a pre-dawn encounter that lasted for eight gruelling hours with government forces in Marantao, Lanao del Sur on Friday, April 17, including two of the group’s top leaders, police said. Operatives from the Criminal...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested Filipino rapper Hev Abi in a raid in Quezon City relating to illegal possession of firearms. The rapper was among the seven individuals collared after CIDG operatives found a 9mm pistol and suspected illegal drugs that...
Three human trafficking victims have asked the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to help them in seeking the issuance of Interpol Red Notice against a foreign businessman who is facing criminal charges that also include illegal recruitment before a local court. In a...
About P102,577,500 worth of alleged counterfeit anti-cancer medicines were confiscated from four suspects who were reportedly selling them inside a posh hotel in Makati City on Friday, April 10. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) identified the suspects as “Lucia,”...
The sweet and fragrant smell coming out of an establishment in Valenzuela City may have betrayed the P700 million worth of imported perfumes believed to have been smuggled into the country during police surveillance operation. As a result, around P700 million worth of imported perfumes were...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested a total of 172 people accused of various cases relating to sexual abuses in March which is declared every year as National Women’s Month. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert AA Morico II said those arrested are all fugitives,...
Around P25 million worth of counterfeit bags were confiscated in a raid conducted by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Binondo, Manila. CIDG director Robert AA Morico II said six people were collared during the joint operation with personnel from the Department...
Police seized around P150 million worth of what they described as substandard and unregistered products in a raid in one of the units of an industrial zone in Noveleta, Cavite. Maj. Gen. Robert AA Morico II, director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said the seized products...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested four Chinese for forcing a foreigner and six Filipinos to engage in an online love scam scheme during a rescue operation in Pasay City. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert AA Morico II said the operation stemmed from the...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units to intensify the campaign against online sabong hubs as part of the efforts to dismantle all organized illegal gambling networks across the country. “We are intensifying...
A total of 172 cockfighting enthusiasts and other individuals were apprehended by the Manila Police District (MPD) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group National Capital Region (CIDG NCR) on Tuesday, March 24, for engaging in e-sabong. According to the authorities, they received a tip...
The excitement on how fast his two racing pigeons could go home in Parañaque City from Quezon province turned into anxiety after they suddenly disappeared midway in the racing competition on March 1. Eight days later, the owner was shocked after he was notified that his two racing pigeons were on...
