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....
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,...