CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two policemen assigned to the Mabalacat City police station were killed in an anti-illegal drugs operation on Saturday, Dec. 3. Initial investigation revealed that Senior Master Sgt. Sofronio Capitle Jr. and Staff Sgt. Dominador Gacusan Jr. were...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized some P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a former professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Cebu City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Slotty Avila, 34, was served with the search warrant n...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. MACABULOS, Tarlac City – A high value individual who is listed on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency target was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Sitio Sto. Nino, Brgy. Baculong in Victoria town, Tarlac on Friday, Dec. 2. The drug suspect was identified as Faisal...
CEBU CITY -- A 44-year-old British national was arrested after yielding about 50 grams of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Apas here on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 29. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) information officer Leia Alcantara said the suspect was...
Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 26, a suspected drug pusher during a search warrant operation in Abucay, Bataan. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspect shad M. Dela Fuente yielded some P731,200 worth of shabu. Considered...
BACOLOD CITY -- A mother and her two sons were arrested after police seized 20 grams of habu worth P136,000 in a buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Friday, Nov. 25. Police identified the subject as Memar Diopeta, 53, of Barangay 2. Her sons who are twins were Wowie and Wendyl, 27...
Five Vietnamese women who were allegedly forced to work as prostitutes by two foreign nationals were rescued during an entrapment operation conducted by members of the Southern Police District-Special Operation Unit (DSOU) in Paranaque on Friday, Nov. 25. Brig. Gen. Kirby John Brion Kraft, SPD...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year old man was arrested after yielding 27 grams of shabu during a buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Thursday, Nov. 24. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the subject as Jonathan Estolano of Barangay 2 here. Lt. Joven Mogato, CDEU head, said...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – An employee of National Irrigation Administration was arrested for selling dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops to an anti-narcotics agent in Brgy. Don Tomas Maddela here on Monday, Nov. 21. Arrested by joint personnel of Bayombong police and the Provincial...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Authorities nabbed three suspects in a sting operation in Barangay Platero here on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The Biñan City Police Station (CPS) identified the street-level individuals as alias Andrei, alias Viamayra, and alias Rafael. The suspects were arrested as they...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Six individuals, four of them females, were arrested inside a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau at about 5:14 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo via Liezle Inigo Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region III (PDEA-3) who conducted the buy-bust operation...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A businesswoman is now in jail after she was caught possessing shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office in Barangay Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The arrested businesswoman was identified as Jay Anne Ceriaco...