ILOILO CITY – Police arrested three suspected drug pushers and seized shabu valued at P2.47 million in buy-bust operations here. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 (Western Visayas) identified the suspects as Gemar Marcelo Gevero, Michael Villanueva Seguiter, and Earl Decla Orbong. Gevero...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers vowed on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 to pin down the law enforcement personnel who are involved in the recycling of seized illegal drugs. This, as the solon received further proof of this disturbing--and apparently 20-year-old--modus operandi...
The conviction of a dismissed Caloocan policeman for the murders of teenagers Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” De Guzman is a “partial victory,” at least, for the victims in the brutal drug war killings during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. “While laudable, it...
BACOLOD CITY – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P625,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Magatas, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 11. SUSPECTED shabu worth weighing 92 grams and valued at P625,600 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
CEBU CITY —Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu worth P14.7 million and arrested two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa here on Saturday, March 11. SUSPECTED shabu worth at least P14 million was seized from two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City on Saturday,...
SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency dismantled a drug den and arrested its alleged operator and four cohorts in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Matain here on Saturday, March 11. PDEA identified the suspects as Roberto Javier, drug den maintainer; and Aljan Jawatan,...
BAGUIO CITY – Authorities dismantled a drug den and arrested two individuals in a raid here on Wednesday, March 8. Suspects were identified as Grace Sibug, 47, alias "Ace," a high-value individual, and Kryer dela Concha, 26, male, a newly identified individual. They yielded 48 grams of suspected...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 24-year-old man was apprehended after he yielded marijuana concealed in a glass jar while entering the venue of a concert here on Saturday night, March 4. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Dalwampo, a newly identified drug personality, of Barangay Ibabang Iyam...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P120,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here before dawn on Friday, March 3. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said the suspect was a street-level individual and pinpointed by the Barangay...
TIAONG, Quezon – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Quezon Provincial Office declared three barangays here as drug-free on Monday, Feb. 6. MAYOR Vincent Mea (right) receives a citaton from PDEA for his unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
NEW YORK, United States -- A once-powerful Mexican government minister was convicted by a US jury Tuesday of aiding the very drug smuggling he was tasked with cracking down on. Genaro Garcia Luna, public security minister under Felipe Calderon's presidency from 2006 to 2012, was found guilty on all...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Seven individuals were apprehended and P69,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a raid of a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau here on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified the suspects as Robinson Danao, Aladin de Leon, Mylene...