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...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade and seized P442,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Dasmariñas City on Tuesday, August 5. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspect as alias Mar, a resident of...
CEBU CITY – A 42-year-old former soldier was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bil-isan, Panglao, Bohol. William Guirit, an ex-member of the Philippine Army, yielded 80 grams of suspected shabu worth P544,000. A 9mm caliber pistol was also recovered when the suspect and his alleged...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed two measures aimed at strengthening the government’s campaign against illegal drugs through holistic approach of enforcement, rehabilitation and reintegration. In filing Senate Bill No. 665, or the proposed “Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation...
CEBU CITY – A Grade 10 student yielded packs of suspected shabu worth more than P6 million when he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Inabanga, Bohol. Police identified the suspect as Joshua Cabido, 22, a resident of Barangay Mantatao, Calape, Bohol. Cabido was arrested at 11:50 p.m. on...
CEBU CITY – A cell phone technician was arrested with more than P1-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita here on Wednesday afternoon, July 16. The 40-year-old suspect, Warren, yielded 150 grams of shabu valued at P1,020,000 when he was cornered by the...
BACOLOD CITY – The newly-established Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) kicked off its anti-illegal drug campaign with the arrest of a barangay official in Siquijor. The suspect, a 23-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor from Barangay Tignao, Lazi town,...
BACOLOD CITY – A high-value individual was arrested with P40.8-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Nino, San Jose, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, July 15. A report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) showed that...
CEBU CITY – An ex-convict walked out a free man just two months ago but found himself back in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Punta Princesa here on Thursday night, July 10. The 37-year-old suspect, Gervy, was described by the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Suspected shabu was discovered on a road in Alaminos City, Pangasinan on July 8. A resident found a green eco bag in Barangay Poblacion with a Chinese tea pack filled with suspected shabu. The contraband valued at P3.4 million was surrendered to the barangay...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth more than P20 million was seized from a flower shop owner in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu. Merian Sancija Borkowski, 36, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in her home at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, July 5. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
Police arrested a woman and a man tagged as high value drug suspects in two separate buy-bust operations on July 1. In a buy-bust operation in Barangay Lower Bicutan, the Taguig police arrested a suspect identified as alias Arlen, 49. She was nabbed at her residence at 11:40 a.m. in the same...
