A police major is on the verge of being cited for contempt by the House Committee on Public Order and Safety after Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers accused him of "lying" to the panel. Barbers, during a hearing of the committee Wednesday, March 22, went as far as to manifest...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Authorities arrested a drug pusher and seized suspected shabu valued at P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Monday, March 20. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, identified the suspect as Rey Caspillo, 36, a...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police arrested the leader of a drug gang in a buy-bust operation here on Monday, March 20. The suspect was identified as Mary Ann Leonora, 32, a resident of Barangay Market View, this city. She was the leader of the Leonora Drug Group operating in Quezon and considered...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) second regional priority target in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) was killed in a buy-bust operation in Merida, Leyte, on Tuesday, March 21. The suspect was identified as Rodcir Maraviles, a resident of Barangay Libertad, Ormoc, City,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 34-year-old buy and sell agent was arrested and suspected shabu valued at P7.6 million was seized in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Monday, March 20, in Barangay Isabang, this city. Police identified the suspect as Andrian Saludez, a resident of Immaculada Subdivision...
A 26-year-old man listed under the police drug watchlist was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Pateros on March 19. The Pateros police identified the suspect as Archie Babon classified by authorities as a suspected street level individual (SLI), pusher, and user. The suspect who was...
In line with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s directive to eradicate illegal drugs in the country, Malacañang reported that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated around P1.37 billion worth of illegal drugs from November 2022 to February 2023. Citing PDEA's report...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested 13 suspected drug personalities in a one-day operation in this province on Friday, March 17. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio said these arrests were the result of an intensified campaign against illegal drugs...
CEBU CITY — Police seized suspected shabu from three drug pushers worth over P24 million in buy-bust operations in the province of Cebu on Thursday, March 16. SUSPECTED shabu worth P14.2 million was seized from a 23-year-old woman in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Thursday morning, March...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Friday, March 17 backed the move of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs to cite in contempt two anti-drug operatives for their involvement in the alleged "recycling" of illegal drugs during an operation. During a Senate hearing conducted by the...
Technical and practical reasons prevent law enforcement agencies from immediately destroying the illegal drugs that they seize from anti-narcotics operations. This was learned by congressmen during the recent House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing on the alleged "recycling" of confiscated drug...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday, March 15 has cited in contempt two anti-illegal drug operatives who pilfered 42 kilos of shabu during an anti-drug operation in Manila last year. In particular, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa cited in contempt MSgt....
