LOPEZ, Quezon – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested and P1-million worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Villahermosa before dawn here Monday, August 15. The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) identified the suspects as Federico Olivar Catarinin...
Representatives from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) could soon be included in all anti-drug operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) if a bill proposed by a congresswoman is enacted. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect during a drug raid in Quiapo,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Southern Mindanao announced Friday, August 12, the launching of the first "Balay Silangan," a refuge for reforming drug offenders, in Malalag, Davao del Sur. DILG DILG-11 Regional Director Alex C. Roldan explained that Balay Silangan...
TARLAC -- Joint Forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Tarlac Provincial Office and Camiling Police cornered six drug personalities during a buy bust operation in a suspected drug den at Barangay Poblacion A, Camiling town on Thursday night, August 11. Photo courtesy of PDEA/ PNP...
Eleven persons were arrested for reportedly selling shabu in the province of Rizal from Aug. 9 to 11 For selling shabu to a poseur buyer who happens to be an undercover policeman, 11 persons are now behind bars following their arrest during the three-day anti-illegal drugs operations by members of...
CEBU CITY – Drug surrenderees in Lapu-Lapu City received cash assistance after they completed their rehabilitation program. LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard Chan speaks before the 13 drug surrenderees who recently completed their rehabilitation program. (Lapu-Lapu PIO) The 12 drug surrenderees from...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here Thursday, August 11. Police Major Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the suspects as Erigen Villanueva and Mark Dave Lonsame. Suspects were arrested by the Albay Police...
CEBU CITY – Two suspected high-level drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulacao here Wednesday, August 10. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested Rey Steven Buenavista, a 29-year-old waiter, and Jomel Añasco, 44. Seized from...
Malacañang assured the public that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. trusts that his chief of police will continue the country's anti-illegal drugs campaign. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In her press briefing on Thursday, August 11, Press Secretary...
BAGUIO CITY – A court here has convicted the drug courier of a Filipino-Somali syndicate. DAMOGO mugshot. Judge Lilibeth Sindayen-Libiran of Branch 61, Regional Trial Court, Baguio City, sentenced Areeya Fernandez Damogo, 28, Monday, August 8, to a minimum of two years and one day to a...
A carpenter, tagged by the police as a high value individual (HVI), was arrested during anti-illegal drug operation conducted by members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Wednesday, Aug. 11. Col. Jaime Santos, city police chief, identified the suspect as Bernard Caballero, 46. Santos...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos, Jr. said on Wednesday, Aug. 10, that he will initiate random drug testing in all the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities. And if any of the BJMP personnel or persons deprived of...