BACOLOD CITY – A drug detainee escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station on Wednesday, Nov. 16. John Mike Olitres alias ‘Tata Vendetta’ is now the subject of massive manhunt operation by the Negros Oriental police. In a video on Facebook, Maj. Fortunato...
CEBU CITY – More than 1000 individuals were arrested during a month-long intensified campaign by the police against illegal gambling in Central Visayas. Most of the 1,147 arrested individuals arrested in October were involved in unauthorized small town lottery (STL) operations. Col. Rommel...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A businesswoman is now in jail after she was caught possessing shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office in Barangay Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The arrested businesswoman was identified as Jay Anne Ceriaco...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. MACABULOS, Tarlac City -- A 43-year-old businessman was arrested after the authorities found a gun, a grenade and an undetermined amount of shabu during a search operation in his house in Brgy. San Nicolas in this city on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16. The raiding personnel of the...
CEBU CITY—An Indian national wanted for illegal recruitment was arrested here on Monday night, Nov. 14. Operatives of the Inayawan Police Station arrested the suspect Harjot Singh in Sitio Ciwac, Barangay Bulacao. Singh had a pending warrant of arrest issued by Branch 5 of the Regional Trial...
PANGASINAN -- A tricycle driver who was flagged down in a checkpoint under Oplan Sita for inspection of motorcycle’s documents and driver’s license, was instead arrested for yielding a small amount of shabu in Brgy. Balayong, San Carlos City at around 12:00 noon on Monday, Nov. 14. Report from...
A bill seeking to strengthen the detection and control capabilities of all contrabands, such as illegal drugs, in prisons and detention facilities through modern technologies has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace...
BACOLOD CITY - A former drug offender was again arrested after police busted him with 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 in Barangay Villamonte here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City Wednesday....
BACOLOD CITY -- A drug pusher who once surrendered and even underwent rehabilitation during the heat of the last administration’s Oplan Tokhang is back in jail. Michael Bermejo, 34, a resident of Barangay Nanca here, was arrested after the police operatives found 60 grams of shabu worth P408,000...
About P2.1 billion from the proposed 2023 national budget will be allocated to fund the operations and expansion of 23 residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centers (TRCs), according to Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. “The P2.1 billion is 18 percent, or P322 M, higher than...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it had executed two Pakistani nationals for smuggling heroin, the first time the death penalty had been administered for drug crimes in nearly three years, according to an AFP tally. The executions drew a rebuke from Amnesty International, which...
With the resumption of face-to-face classes and return of students on the streets, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Rodolfo Azurin Jr. was reminded by a House leader to not let President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. down when it comes to the war on illegal drugs and peace and order in...
