ZAMBOANGA CITY – A criminology student and a woman were arrested for allegedly bribing policemen to release a drug suspect here on Saturday, Feb. 8. Police identified the suspects as Alkabir Jamjirul Sahi, 22, a criminology student, and Raisa Sahi Abdulla, 27. The City Drug Enforcement Unit...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested two suspects and seized P267,580 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Dasmariñas City on Saturday, Feb. 8. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as alias Nash and alias Elvis. Confiscated during the operation in Barangay...
Police Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), ordered all police commanders in Metro Manila to strictly observe the protocol in turning over confiscated illegal drugs to proper authorities for destruction. Aberin issued the order after NCRPO...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested 131 suspected drug pushers and confiscated shabu and marijuana valued at P4.3 million in the Caraga region from Jan. 1 to 31. “All the arrested suspects are now charged in the different courts in the region for violation of Sections 11 and 12, Article 2, Republic...
The government's intensified anti-piracy efforts last year yielded a record-high P40.9 billion in confiscated fake products. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 6, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said the combined seizures of enforcement agencies belonging to the National...
ILOILO CITY – Police confiscated P45-million worth of illegal drugs from 344 suspected drug pushers in Western Visayas in January. The Police Regional Office-6 said P43.2 million was suspected shabu and P1.8 million was marijuana. "These figures reflect our dedication to our campaign to...
President Marcos has appointed retired police general Isagani Nerez as the new director general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Malacañang said. Retired Gen. Isagani Nerez (Photo courtesy of Pangasinan Police Provincial Office) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Police Regional Office-5 seized shabu and marijuana valued at over P17 million in the Bicol region in January. PRO-5 chief Police Brig. Gen. Andre Dizon said they confiscated P17,274,637.28 worth of illegal drugs in 119 anti-drug operations and...
CEBU CITY – A 44-year-old drug pusher was arrested with more than P1-million worth of suspected shabu in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. PACKS of suspected recovered from a 44-year-old woman in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Sunday night, Feb. 2. (Contributed photo) Josephine Utlang was arrested in a buy-bust...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1 million in a buy-bust operation in Pavia, Iloilo on Saturday. A suspected drug pusher, Je, a 49-year-old delivery truck driver and a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade, was apprehended. POLICE seized suspected shabu valued at...
The Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs was not a legitimate law enforcement policy, contrary to what its supporters believe, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile said. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook...
CEBU CITY – There will be no Valentine’s Day date for a young couple after they were arrested in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, Jan. 30. A COUPLE was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. (Contributed photo) The suspects, identified as Nash and Precious, both 18-years-old,...