Operatives of the Eastern Police District (EPD) arrested a high value individual (HVI) and recovered from him P554,100 worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Manggahan, Pasig City on Monday, March 7. Brig. Gen. Orlando Yebra Jr., EPD director, identified the suspect as Wilfredo...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two persons were arrested for transporting mineral ores in Benguet on Monday, March 7. Col. Reynaldo Pasiwen, Benguet Provincial Police Office director, identified the arrested suspects as Mariel Poyoc Piglay, 34,a resident of La Trinidad, Benguet, and Layson Jay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 9 destroyed some P34.4-million worth of illegal drugs at the Permex Producer and Exporter Corporation, one of Zamboanga city’s canning factories, on Monday, March 7. The destroyed drugs were composed of 5,608 grams of shabu...
70536 For security purposes, minors are legally barred from owning an account with GCash, the mobile wallet which has over 55 million subscribers nationwide and currently hauls in over P3 trillion transaction value per year. It's illegal for minors to use false documents or mule accounts to access...
Government anti-narcotics authorities confiscated a total of P424,747,925.6 million worth of illegal drugs from Feb. 27 to March 5, which is far more than their drug haul of P159 million in the previous week. In a news briefing with the President on Monday night, March 7, Department of the Interior...
Two armed men are facing robbery holdup and illegal possession of firearms charges after trying to rob a taxi driver in Tondo, Manila at 12:20 a.m. on Thursday, March 3. Police identified the suspects as Glen Mark Evasco, 33, and Ryan Medina, 30, both residents of Caloocan City. Taxi driver Jessie...
The Illegal drug trade will continue in the country as long as there are people addicted to them, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday night, Mar. 2. Villanueva made the comment when pressed why illegal drugs from foreign distributors...
BAGUIO CITY -- The local court here has sentenced the last drug kingpin of Baguio City to life imprisonment. In a joint decision issued by Judge Rufus Malecdan, Jr. of Branch 60, First Judicial Region, Baguio City, Federico Oliveros, 40, alias "Eric," was sentenced to life imprisonment for...
A taxi driver was arrested by the police after walking along a street in Caloocan City while holding a gun on Tuesday evening, March 2. Lt. Col. Jay Dimaandal, Northern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU) chief, identified the suspect as Christian Villota, 35, a resident of...
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan - Cash rewards will be granted policemen who will keep drug suspects alive and locked up in jail, rather than send them to the funeral parlor. Sen. MANNY PACQUIAO IN PATEROS 2 PDP-Laban (Pimentel wing) and PROMDI Party presidential bet Sen. Manny Pacquiao made this...
LAGUNA – Authorities arrested 48 individuals for illegal cockfighting or tupada in two separate anti-illegal gambling operations here on Saturday (Feb. 26). In Bay, Laguna, police nabbed 44 individuals who were caught engaging in an illegal cockfighting in Purok 1, Sitio Kabaritan in...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Friday, Feb. 25, that it has stopped 688 human trafficking victims from leaving the country last year at international ports. Likewise, it deferred the departure of more than 13,000 passengers, many of whom were believed illegally recruited by labor syndicates....
