Some senators are supporting the call for random drug testing in the upper chamber, following an incident of alleged marijuana use within its premises. It was Senate Minority Leader Vicente "Tito Sotto" III who first made the call. He stated that random drug testing was in effect among the Senate...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fisherman recovered 5.4 kilograms of suspected floating cocaine in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar, on Thursday, Aug. 14. The 52-year-old fisherman discovered the contraband while fishing before noon. He turned over the item to the Hernani Municipal Police Station. Six blocks...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized 20 kilos of suspected shabu worth P136 million and arrested a wanted drug pusher and his cohort in San Pablo City, Laguna, on Tuesday night. In a statement on Wednesday, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Isagani Nerez said Kendayo, with a standing...
CEBU CITY – A drug pusher in Bohol who was already jailed twice in the past was arrested anew. Garry Noel Binamira, 40, was nabbed in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. Packs of suspected shabu worth P7.3 million and a .45 caliber pistol were recovered...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P17 million was seized from a 35-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Saturday night, Aug. 9. Police described Ian Mark Rosales Velasquez as a high-value individual. The suspect, a resident of Barangay Pit-os, Cebu City, was cornered...
Drug enforcement teams of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized P4.76 million in shabu in a series of buy-busts between Sunday night and early Monday morning. “I commend the operatives for their dedication and commitment in the fight against illegal drugs in Bacolod City,” BCPO Director...
DAGUPAN CITY – Authorities arrested a Grade 9 student and seized suspected shabu valued at P700,000 in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The suspect was placed under surveillance for his alleged illegal activities before he was apprehended. Also recovered from the suspect were the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 31-year-old barangay councilor and her 60-year-old mother-in-law were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio San Roque, Purok 5, Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Police identified the suspects as barangay official Pam and her mother-in-law...
CEBU CITY – A 40-year-old drug pusher was wounded in a shootout with police in Barangay Apas here on Tuesday night, Aug. 5. Police said suspect Harry Mistula Candaza fired the first shot in an attempt to elude arrest. The Mabolo Police Station was alerted that Candaza was involved in the illegal...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said almost 96.5 percent of barangays in Western Visayas region have been cleared of illegal drugs. Data showed that 1,963 out of the 3,389 barangays have been declared drug-free. PDEA-6 Regional Director Ralph Rommel Torres said that 119...
A woman was arrested and 18 sachets of suspected shabu were recovered during the recent implementation of a search warrant in Barangay Bone North, Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. Seized from Mary Jane were 15 medium-sized sachets of shabu weighing one gram each. Three more sachets of shabu worth P1,020...
Authorities confiscated around P680,000 worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers, including a 68-year-old tagged as a high-value individual (HVI), during a buy-bust operation in Cainta, Rizal, on Saturday, August 2. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the suspects as...
