CEBU CITY – Shabu and dried marijuana leaves worth more than P3 million were seized in separate police operations on Friday, Jan. 27. In Toledo City, a 45-year-old man identified as Edgar Mahinay Ypon yielded 142 grams of shabu worth P965,000 as police arrested him in a buy-bust operation. Police...
Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman broke down on the Saturday, Jan. 28 the reasons why the Philippines must participate in the International Criminal Court's (ICC) probe on killings linked to the previous administration's war on illegal drugs. Albay 1st district Rep....
CEBU CITY – Four persons were arrested while P15.3-million worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Metro Cebu on Thursday, Jan. 26. Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said the series of operations were...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte expects the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to follow through on its vow to launch a no-nonsense campaign against illegal online gambling this year. (Simon Verschure/ Unsplash) Villafuerte recalled that in last...
CAGAYAN -- Two drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Pinas, Claveria on Thursday, Jan. 26. The buy-bust was conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Claveria Police Station. The operation resulted in the arrest of Ruel T. Ilovino, 43,...
A 20-year-old man yielded over P540,000 worth of “shabu” in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 383, Quiapo, Manila on Monday, Jan. 23, the Manila Police District (MPD) reported on Thursday, Jan. 26. MPD identified the suspect as Alinair Nasser Sultan alias "Bati," 20, a resident of Brgy. 383,...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized P758,710 worth of illegal drugs from 23 drug suspects in a series of buy-bust operations conducted on Wednesday, Jan. 25. According to QCPD Batasan Police Station (PS 6), an informant reported an illegal drug peddling activity at 9:30 p.m. along IBP...
LAGUNA -- An alleged illegal recruiter who victimized three applicants by offering them seafarer jobs in exchange for P150,000 each was arrested in an entrapment operation in Lumban town on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Laguna Police Provincial director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as a...
POLICE Regional Office 8 director Brig. Gen. Rommel Marbil (left) assists in the surrender of former PDEA-NCR director Erwin Ogario (center) on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Marbil will bring Ogario to Quezon City where he has a pending warrant for illegal drug importation. (Photo via Marie Marticio)...
LAGUNA – Authorities arrested seven people during an anti-illegal gambling operation in Biñan on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Biñan City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspects as alias Richmar, alias Alfred, alias John Paul, alias Karen, alias Samuel, alias Juanito, and alias Carl Oscar....
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – A 41-year-old Chinese National listed as high-value individual was arrested during an anti-illegal drug operation here on Saturday, Jan. 21. The anti-illegal drug operation conducted by operatives of Angeles City Police in Brgy. Balibago, Angeles City resulted in the...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. took to Facebook on late Saturday night, Jan. 21 to share a very important warning to the public: be careful with online dating. (Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.'s Facebook) In his post , Barzaga shared the story of a local woman who gained...
