CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Police arrested three suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P1.8 million in buy-bust operations here and San Pedro City, this province, on Sunday and Monday. Laguna police director Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, in a report to Police Regional Office 4-A chief...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla wants the death penalty for law enforcers and elective officials involved in the illegal drug trade through Senate Bill 2217. Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla (Senate PRIB Photo) Padilla said the leniency of current laws has caused a "sorry...
TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija – Seven suspected drug pushers, including three minors, were arrested by authorities in buy-bust operations in this town and Zaragoza, this province, on Saturday, May 20. The minor suspects were apprehended at around 7 p.m. in Barangay Pagasa, Talavera. They yielded...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police arrested two drug pushers and seized suspected shabu worth P332,000 in a buy-bust operation in Purok San Lorenzo, Barangay Isabang Dupay, here on Thursday evening, May 18. Suspects were identified as Kimberly Juaqueca, 23, a resident of Purok Masagana, Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old man was arrested after he yielded 12 grams of suspected shabu worth P81,000 during a buy-bust in City Heights, Barangay Taculing here on Friday, May 19. Police Station 5 head Police Capt. Francis Depasucat identified the subject as Remy Juelo of Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Two policemen were shot and wounded by a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Sapa, Barangay Magallon Cadre, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 17. The names of the wounded policemen were withheld. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Authorities seized suspected shabu valued at about P8 million from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Naga City, Camarines Sur province on Friday morning, May 19. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 spokesperson, identified the suspect as...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, May 16 cited in contempt Capt. Jonathan Sosongco, after senators noted discrepancies in his testimony in the P6.7-billion anti-illegal drug operation last October 2022. It was Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, chairman of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed while 1.5 kilograms of shabu valued at P10.2 million were seized in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Monday, May 15, in Barangay Tambulilid, Ormoc City. The suspect was identified as Allan Bulahan, a resident of Barangay Linao, Ormoc, and...
CLAVERIA, Cagayan – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 2 and Claveria police arrested two high-value targets (HVTs) in Barangay D’ Leaño, Claveria, Cagayan on Sunday, May 14. Operatives identified the suspects as Reygine Agcaoili Rangpas, 27, of Barangay San Juan, Santa...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Authorities arrested five suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P884,000 in buy-bust operations in Pampanga and Bulacan. Police identified the suspects as Juanito Herreros III, 48; Aliza Ann Canuto, 37; Crisanto Aena, Dariel Caña, and...
BACOLOD CITY – A man wanted for a drug offense escaped, while a minor, who helped him escape, was wounded following a shootout with police operatives in Barangay 2 here on Thursday, May 11. Police Capt. Jonito Pastrana, head of Police Station 2, said that an arrest warrant for illegal drugs...