CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A former mayor of Santo Domingo town, Nueva Ecija province was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Talavera, Nueva Ecija on New Year’s Eve. Recovered from the suspect, considered a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade, were suspected shabu valued at P476,000...
CEBU CITY – Close to P10-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from two individuals, including a 15-year-old boy, in separate anti-illegal drug operations on Sunday, Dec. 28. Police said the boy yielded 180 grams of shabu worth P1.2 million when he was rescued by operatives of the Mambaling...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old mother, who allegedly engaged in the illegal drug trade to support the treatment of her son, was arrested by police in a buy-bust operation in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, on Friday, Dec. 19. Seized from Neneng by the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) was...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday that it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people on the same day the House rejected efforts to limit President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels. U.S. Southern...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested and more than P20-million suspected shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Tagbilaran City, Bohol province. Arrested on Sunday night, Dec. 14, were two candle vendors, who were cornered in Barangay Poblacion 1. Police said Melvin...
Senator Raffy Tulfo reminded Department of Health Secretary Ted Harbosa to fulfill his commitment to remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Paolo Teston from his post. This was once Tulfo successfully facilitated the takedown of several products flagged by the FDA under its...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million in a buy-bust operation in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday, Dec. 13. A suspected drug pusher was arrested in the operation. The contraband recovered from the 41-year-old high-value individual was hidden inside a...
CEBU CITY – For the second time this year, a senior citizen was arrested for allegedly peddling illegal drugs. The 62-year-old suspect, known only as Kimpang, was arrested on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Tisa here. Seized...
CEBU CITY – A 36-year-old man believed to be high on illegal drugs was arrested for assaulting his father inside their house in Barangay Inayawan here on Monday afternoon, Dec. 8. Police identified the suspect as Ritchie Navarro Avenido. Avenido asked for money from his father, Constantino Aduyon...
CEBU CITY – A senior citizen was arrested and more than P1-million worth of shabu was seized in two separate anti-illegal drug operations in the City of Naga, Cebu province on Sunday, Dec. 7. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) served two search warrants in just a span...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 seized P11.6-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation Wednesday in Barangay 97, Cabalawan, this city. Authorities apprehended the region’s top priority target in illegal drugs, “Roy,” 55, unemployed, and a resident of Barangay 109...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police seized over P20-million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three drug pushers during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Daet town, Camarines Norte. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the suspects as...
