CEBU CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. lauded the creation of a task force to combat illegal drug activities in the island of Cebu. GOV. Gwen Garcia (left) was cited by DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for creating a task force against illegal drugs in Cebu....
BAGUIO CITY -- Four barangays here have remained drug-affected even as seven others improved their status from drug-affected to drug-cleared. Edwin Changropen of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said during the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting that Bakakeng Central, Irisan, Loakan...
SHABU confiscated in various anti-drug operations in Iloilo province this year. (IPPO) ILOILO CITY – Police seized illegal drugs totaling P249 million in Western Visayas in the first 11 months of this year. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said more than 36 kilos of suspected shabu and seven...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A man yielded a total of P238,000 worth of alleged shabu in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police in Valenzuela City on Friday, Dec. 23 The Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) identified the suspect as Jerome Tan Luangco, 42, a resident of Bonbon Ville Ugong,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Brunei Darussalam have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to boost their fight against "trafficking and abuse of narcotics drugs, psychotropic substances, new psychoactive substances, and controlled...
BAGUIO CITY -- Five drug suspects were arrested in a separate buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The arrested were identified as Alwin Camacho, 39, Stephen Galande, 21, Ronald Dean Magallanes, 23, Justine Kirby Cousins, 19, and a 15-year-old male minor. They are now facing charges for...
BACOLOD CITY -- Policemen in Negros Occidental seized a total of P107,580,781.88 worth of illegal drugs from January 1 to Dec. 15, 2022. Based on the record of the Negros Occidental police, 15,670 grams of shabu and 8,569.92 grams of marijuana were confiscated during the said period. The provincial...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to continue maintaining discipline among the country’s police force and other law enforcement units. Go made the call amid reports of the re-emergence of...
Fourteen local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao were cited for their exemplary performances in enforcing the national government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Wednesday, Dec. 21. During the National Anti-Drug...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A total of 62.76 grams of shabu, 10 grams of marijuana leaves and fruiting tops with an overall standard drug price of P427,968 were confiscated from 12 drug pushers who were arrested during the anti-illegal operation in Cordillera from Dec. 11 to Dec. 17. Brig. Gen....
Three Chinese were arrested on Monday, Dec. 19, by members of the Southern Police District-Special Operations Unit (SPD-SOU) in Las Piñas City after a Filipina accused them of detaining and sexually abusing her. Police identified the suspects as Shou Caifu, 25; Chen Dongsheng, 26; and Wang Long...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed on Tuesday, Dec. 20, a total of ₱7,273,125,331.09 worth of dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite. A total of...
