ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a 60-year-old woman and seized suspected shabu worth P34 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pang, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu on Tuesday, March 7. Nasang Jaiyari Murosad’s cohort, Al Bashir, was able to escape after...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Authorities arrested two drug pushers and 130 grams of suspected shabu worth P884,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, March 1. The identities of the suspects were temporarily withheld pending the arrest of their suppliers and their...
TIAONG, Quezon – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Quezon Provincial Office declared three barangays here as drug-free on Monday, Feb. 6. MAYOR Vincent Mea (right) receives a citaton from PDEA for his unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Seven individuals were apprehended and P69,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a raid of a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau here on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified the suspects as Robinson Danao, Aladin de Leon, Mylene...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is now pressuring law enforcement agencies to show proof of their custody of illegal drugs confiscated during anti-narocotics operations. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the panel chaired...
Is this one reason why the illegal drug problem in the country continues to persist? Seized illegal drugs. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Congressmen learned during a House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing Tuesday, Feb. 21 about a "commission" scheme allegedly perpetrated by...
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE – Authorities seized more than two kilos of high-grade marijuana or Kush from Canada valued at P3.7 million in a controlled delivery operation here on Monday, Feb. 20. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency received information from its foreign counterpart that a shipment...
CEBU CITY -- Illegal drugs composed of 28 kilos of shabu and 163 grams of marijuana with a combined value of P191 million were destroyed on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, here. Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas prepare to destroy seized illegal drugs through the...
The report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that it had netted around 10 kilos of illegal drugs in Allen, Northern Samar, is a testament to the intensified anti-narcotics campaign of the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Malacañang said. Communications...
APARRI, Cagayan – A former government employee was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maura here on Wednesday morning, Feb. 15. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) identified the suspect as Bernardo Alicias Jr., alias "Berns," 37. Alicias was...
CEBU CITY – The South African caught trying to sneak in suspected shabu at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) did not act alone and had local contacts, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) said Thursday, Feb. 9. MONTALLANA (FB) PDEA-7 Director Jigger...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas was awarded for its drug reduction program for the year 2022 recently. A K-9 dog and its handler check luggage and boxes for illegal drugs at the port of Boracay in Malay town, Aklan province. (PDEA-6) PDEA-6 was named...
