In line with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s directive to eradicate illegal drugs in the country, Malacañang reported that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated around P1.37 billion worth of illegal drugs from November 2022 to February 2023. Citing PDEA's report...
Technical and practical reasons prevent law enforcement agencies from immediately destroying the illegal drugs that they seize from anti-narcotics operations. This was learned by congressmen during the recent House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing on the alleged "recycling" of confiscated drug...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday, March 15 has cited in contempt two anti-illegal drug operatives who pilfered 42 kilos of shabu during an anti-drug operation in Manila last year. In particular, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa cited in contempt MSgt....
And the plot thickens. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says that there's a existing scheme among so-called “ninja-cops” and their “ninja-informants” to underdeclare their illegal drug confiscations during every anti-drug operation, usually capped at only 30 percent....
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers vowed on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 to pin down the law enforcement personnel who are involved in the recycling of seized illegal drugs. This, as the solon received further proof of this disturbing--and apparently 20-year-old--modus operandi...
SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency dismantled a drug den and arrested its alleged operator and four cohorts in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Matain here on Saturday, March 11. PDEA identified the suspects as Roberto Javier, drug den maintainer; and Aljan Jawatan,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a 60-year-old woman and seized suspected shabu worth P34 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pang, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu on Tuesday, March 7. Nasang Jaiyari Murosad’s cohort, Al Bashir, was able to escape after...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Authorities arrested two drug pushers and 130 grams of suspected shabu worth P884,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, March 1. The identities of the suspects were temporarily withheld pending the arrest of their suppliers and their...
TIAONG, Quezon – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Quezon Provincial Office declared three barangays here as drug-free on Monday, Feb. 6. MAYOR Vincent Mea (right) receives a citaton from PDEA for his unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs. (Photo via Danny Estacio)...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Seven individuals were apprehended and P69,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a raid of a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau here on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified the suspects as Robinson Danao, Aladin de Leon, Mylene...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is now pressuring law enforcement agencies to show proof of their custody of illegal drugs confiscated during anti-narocotics operations. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the panel chaired...
Is this one reason why the illegal drug problem in the country continues to persist? Seized illegal drugs. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Congressmen learned during a House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing Tuesday, Feb. 21 about a "commission" scheme allegedly perpetrated by...
