MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency dismantled a suspected drug den in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dau here on Thursday night, Nov. 10. Fifteen individuals were arrested after they were caught taking part in a drug session. PDEA identified the suspects as...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a barangay chairman and his companion in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bonifacio, Mayorga, Leyte, on Saturday night, Nov. 5. The suspect was identified as Junipher Lumpas, 46, the chairman of Barangay Poblacion Zone 2,...
Personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P672,000 worth of high grade marijuana that was shipped from Canada through the Port of Clark. In a statement, the BOC said the confiscated item was labeled as "prescription medicines" (dry goods) and arrived in the country on Sept. 26. photo:...
A Norwegian passenger was arrested by anti-narcotics authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City on Friday, Oct. 28, after he allegedly yielded 8.34 kilos of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) with an estinated value of P56.7 million. A foreign female...
An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) died when a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City in Pampanga on Friday night, Oct. 21, turned into a shootout. The gunfight also resulted in the arrest of the target drug pusher. PDEA agent Daniel Discaya, died on the spot after suffering a...
SUBIC, Zambales – A drug den was dismantled after five individuals were arrested, including the operator, in a buy-bust operation in Purok 6-B, Barangay Calapacuan here at dawn Saturday, Oct. 22. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified the suspects as John Vincent Arizo, drug den...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed former Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) commander Moro Virgilio Lazo as Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director-general, Malacañang confirmed. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. has appointed retired police general Moro Virgilio Lazo as the new head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). A member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1984, Lazo will replace Wilkins Villanueva as director general of the...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Magnuang here on Monday, Oct. 17. PDEA Ilocos director Ronald Allan DG Ricardo identified the suspect as Angelo Jan Gio Concepcion. The suspect, who is on...
A lawmaker part of the progressive Makabayan bloc raised on Monday, Oct. 17, what she called “special treatment” in handling the case of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla’s son over drug possession. Justice Secretary Boying Remulla (left) and ACT Teachers Party-list France...
There's one key question that must be answered regarding the arrest of Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III for possession of P1.3 million worth of high-grade "kush" marijuana from the United States (US), according to Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers. Surigao del Norte 2nd district...
Kabataan Party-list on Saturday, Oct. 15, called for an “impartial investigation” into the illegal drugs case of Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III, son of Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla. This, even as the militant group criticized President Ferdinand...
