ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two suspected drug pushers were gunned down by police in what was claimed to be an incident of self-defense here on Monday, Sept. 22. Police launched a surveillance operation under the Special Anti-Crime Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) at the Sagrada Familia Village in...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu valued at P3.5 million were seized from a drug pusher considered as a high-value target in a buy-bust operation in Calape town, Bohol province on Saturday morning, Sept. 20. Police identified the suspect as Paul Michael Josol, 40, a resident of Barangay Santa...
The alleged lapses in the anti-illegal drug operations of the Manila Police District (MPD) have come to the attention of the Philippine National Police (PNP), prompting acting national police chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. to direct the National Capital Region Police Office...
CEBU CITY – A South African national was arrested after he was caught carrying suspected shabu concealed in books when he arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Thursday morning, Sept. 18. Personnel of the Customs Anti-Drug Interdiction Group (CADIG) recovered at least four...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Cocaine and shabu valued at P9 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in a motel here on Tuesday. The City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Zamboanga City Police Office, Regional Intelligence Unit-9, and other law enforcement agencies conducted the operation. Recovered from a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) recognized the exemplary performance and bravery of an anti-drug operative injured in a road accident during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mansilingan here on Thursday, Sept. 11. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay,...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested when a suspected drug den was dismantled in Barangay Manga, Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Friday afternoon, Sept. 12. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Bohol Provincial Office seized nine packs of suspected shabu with an estimated value of...
BACOLOD CITY – Two policemen and a drug pusher were injured after they were hit by a car during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mansilingan here on Thursday night, Sept. 11. Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU), withheld the names of the two anti-drug operatives,...
A food delivery rider lodged administrative complaints against seven police officers of the Manila Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit (MPD-DEU) who are allegedly involved in his alleged abduction in Sampaloc, Manila which lasted for nine hours. Chester Dumaran, 27, Grab rider, appeared...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso ordered the immediate relief of the personnel of the Manila Police District 's (MPD) District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) on Friday, Sept. 12, following an alleged case of extortion and misconduct filed by two motorcycle riders against them. MPD...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policewoman was arrested and 45 grams of suspected shabu worth P306,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said the 30-year-old suspect...
The victims of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war expressed their dismay over the order of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) to postpone the confirmation of charges hearing against the ex-chief executive initially scheduled on Sept. 23 to 26. A...
