Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office 7, warned all policemen in Central Visayas that their entire unit would suffer if any of them is caught recycling confiscated illegal drugs. Alba issued the statement on Wednesday, Dec. 14, following the arrest of the head of...
Police have arrested three people who were tagged as responsible in the ambush that led to the death of two anti-illegal drug operatives in Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the three suspects were collared in a follow-up...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) needs more manpower in order to become more effective and efficient in running after illegal drugs syndicates operating in the country, its former head said. As a multi-billion peso illegal operation, former PDEA director general Wilkins Villanueva said...
The criminal conviction handed down by the Caloocan City court against the police officers involved in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs was a “sorrowful and partial victory,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, November 24. “We hail as sorrowful and partial...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has welcomed the conviction of a policeman for torture and planting of evidence in connection with the deaths of Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo De Guzman in August 2017. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. issued the statement amid the shift of strategies in the...
A total of 26,244 barangays that were initially identified as illegal drugs affected were already cleared of drug influence, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 22. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the drug-cleared barangays represent 74.23 percent of the total of...
The Bureau of Customs (BC) has further stepped up its information-sharing with government's anti-narcotics agencies to prevent the smuggling of chemical precursors in making shabu following the discovery of a new modus in the manufacture of illegal drugs during two separate raids in an exclusive...
More than 654,000 people, who surrendered to the police at the height of the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs during the past administration, have graduated from the rehabilitation program, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 17. The PNP-initiated Recovery and...
Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized over P251 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust in Imus City in Cavite on Saturday night, Nov. 12. Police Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo, director of the PNP-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), said the operation also resulted...
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...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is looking forward to establishing better ties with the United States, particularly in addressing the issue of illegal drugs in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets US Senator Edward Markey and other members of the US Congressional...
The national government should equip barangay officials with the necessary tools to effectively fight illegal drugs problems in their respective areas, officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Wednesday, Aug....
