Government anti-narcotics operatives have foiled the attempt to smuggle more than P11 million worth of shabu through the Port of Clark. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) received information from the International Cooperation Foreign Affairs Service that a package at the Port of Clark...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed on Tuesday, Dec. 20, a total of ₱7,273,125,331.09 worth of dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite. A total of...
Government anti-narcotics arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13, an alleged drug pusher in a buy-bust in Zamboanga City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office IX (PDEA RO IX) said Abdulhan Kallon Burahan was collared at around 3:40 p.m. after selling 50 grams of shabu to an...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is pursuing several amendments to Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for the purpose of strengthening the provisions of the law. Illegal drugs (Stock photo) During a panel hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the committee chaired...
Government anti-narcotics operatives arrested a police sergeant whose name is included in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) high-value target list in a buy-bust in Camarines Sur on Sunday, Aug. 7. PDEA Regional Office V Regional Director Gil Pabilonia said Police Master Sgt. (PCMS)...
Three alleged members of a criminal group responsible for illegal drugs and shooting incidents were arrested by the police in Taguig on Thursday, July 14. The suspects were identified as Paul Adrienne Patricio, 20; Ron Bryan Esteban, 21; and Mark John Esteban, 27. The suspected drugs...
Pateros Police’s second most wanted person for illegal drugs and a construction worker caught in possession of a firearm were arrested in Taguig on July 1 and June 30. Suspect Elmer Lauron, 51, tricycle driver, is listed as the Pateros Police’s top 2 most wanted person for the third quarter of...
The police arrested four persons for shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and replica gun in Taguig on May 5 and 6. The Southern Police District (SPD) Drug Enforcement Unit together with the District Investigation Division, District Mobile Force Battalion and Taguig police’s Sub-station 9...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 8, three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. The alleged drug den maintainer, 34-year old Jurlit Sanchez, was the target of the operation. Two of her visitors Ulysses Redublado, 58, and...
Three men and a woman were arrested for possession of a gun and illegal drugs worth P141,440 in police operations in Taguig and Muntinlupa on Feb. 4 and 5. In Muntinlupa, suspects John Peter Castillo, 30, and Lirio Hernandez, 37, were caught carrying a firearm and using suspected shabu in Purok 5,...
Police dismantled another drug den and arrested five suspects in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Nov. 20. Operatives from the Southern Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) together with members of the District Mobile Force Battalion conducted the sting operation at about 4:30 p.m. on...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Unless otherwise repealed, amended, suspended, or superseded, a law supposedly remains in effect and it ought to be implemented no matter what – unless, of course, budgetary constraints make it impossible to do so. RA 9165 or the Comprehensive...
