By LIEZLE BASA-INIGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities arrested a barangay councilor or kagawad after a search of his home in Zone 2, Molave St., Barangay Capatan, here yielded illegal drugs on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The suspect, Marlon Corpuz, 49, a high-value target-elected official and...
A barangay kagawad (village councilman) was arrested by anti-narcotics authorities after he allegedly yielded methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and marijuana during an anti-illegal drug operation in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan on Tuesday night, Sept. 20. PDEA photo The Philippine Drug Enforcement...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities seized more than P1.2-million worth of illegal drugs and arrested eight suspected drug peddlers in separate buy-bust operations in Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija on Thursday, Sept. 15, and Friday, Sept. 16. Police and the Philippine Drug...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – More than P50 million worth of marijuana plants were uprooted and burned by the personnel of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera during a three-day operation from Sept. 13 (Tuesday) in the mountains of Tinglayan here. Photo via Zaldy Comanda BGen. Mafelino...
CEBU CITY – Police seized more than P1-billion worth of shabu and marijuana in Central Visayas in one year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) seized 164,634.50 grams of shabu and 194,172.57 grams of marijuana with a combined value of P1,142,815,308.50 from September 29 of last...
Two senior high school students were accosted by joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) after the suspects allegedly yielded P102,000 worth of marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Abulug, Cagayan on Thursday, Sept. 15. (Photo by PDEA)...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Another batch of corn farmers numbering to about 1,259 from Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces received P3,000 each in fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region on Sept. 9, Sept. 12, and Sept 13. (Photo courtesy DA-RFO1 Corn Program) A total of...
A 19-year-old man in possession of 500 grams of alleged marijuana was arrested by two security guards inside a mall on Commonwealth Avenue, Brgy. Matandang Balara, in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 12. Lt. Col. Morgan Aguilar, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Batasan Station (PS 6) commander,...
SADANGA, Mt. Province – Two local tourists who were traveling with P7.7 million worth of marijuana bricks were intercepted at a police checkpoint on Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, at Sitio Ampawilen, Poblacion, Sadanga in this province. The two arrested were identified as Eliseo IV San Pedro...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Marijuana valued at P3.4 million was destroyed in a joint eradication operation in the boundaries of Ilocos Sur and Benguet. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-La Union Provincial Office (PDEA-LUPO), PDEA-Ilocos Sur Provincial Office (ISPO), Police Regional...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Sta. Cruz, Laguna – A 31-year-old vlogger and his two assistants were arrested and suspected high-grade marijuana valued at P3.75 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Isidro, San Pablo City, this province, before dawn Saturday, Sept. 10. Col. Randy...
By Diann Calucin Police confiscated P6,240,000 worth of suspected marijuana and arrested a drug leader in Caloocan City on Friday, Sept. 9. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) identified the male suspect as Jenny Roy Darit, 21, the alleged leader of the Jenny Roy drug syndicate from Tondo,...