CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Suspected marijuana worth a total of P6.2 million was eradicated in Tinglayan, Kalinga and Bakun and Kibungan, Benguet on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group of the Kalinga...
ISABELA – Authorities confiscated 55 bricks of dried marijuana leaves worth P6.6 million, but the suspect eluded arrest during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Abut, Quezon, Isabela on Saturday, Dec. 3. The buy-bust operation was conducted around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday by operatives of the...
BACOLOD CITY -- A couple was busted after 26 grams of shabu worth P176,800 were seized from them during a buy-bust at Purok Malipayon, Barangay 35 here on Saturday, Dec. 3. Police identified the subject as Jake Jimenez, 41, while his live-in partner was identified as Eliza Mae Dejole, 24, both of...
Operatives from the Marikina City Police Station (CPS) and the Eastern Police District (EPD) seized P680,000 worth of illegal drugs from three high-value individuals (HVIs) in a buy-bust operation in Marikina City on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Eastern Police District (EPD), headed by Acting District...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Three suspects in the murder of anti-illegal drug operatives Senior Master Sgt. Sofronio Capitle Jr. and Staff Sgt. Dominador Gacusan last Saturday in Mabalacat City, this province, were arrested in a hot pursuit operation on Sunday, Dec. 4. Police...
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...