ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected cocaine and shabu valued at P17 million were seized during an operation in Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday, July 1. A 28-year-old suspected drug pusher, a resident of Barangay Tulay, Jolo, Sulu, was arrested by the Jolo Municipal Police Station. Recovered from the suspect were...
PATNANUNGAN, Quezon – A brick of suspected cocaine was discovered by a fisherman in the seashore of Sitio Katmon, Barangay Busdak, here on Monday, June 1. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, said Dennis Sabido voluntarily turned over a plastic bag containing the contraband with an...
The Southern Police District (SPD) confiscated a total of P7.13 million worth of illegal drugs, including ecstacy tablets, cocaine, and marijuana products, found inside two eco-bags that had been abandoned on Apartment Ridge Street in Barangay Urdaneta, Makati City, on Sunday, Dec. 14. The initial...
Police recovered more than P133-million worth of suspected cocaine in a coastal area in Linapacan town, Palawan province, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday. Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said joint personnel from the Linapacan Municipal Police Station,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Cocaine and shabu valued at P9 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in a motel here on Tuesday. The City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Zamboanga City Police Office, Regional Intelligence Unit-9, and other law enforcement agencies conducted the operation. Recovered from a...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Authorities recovered more than a kilo of suspected cocaine worth P5.3 million from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taggat Sur, Claveria, Cagayan on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Police Brig. Gen. Roy B. Parena, Police Regional Office-2...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Authorities confirmed that the stash of suspected illegal drug found floating in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar on Thursday was cocaine. Laboratory analysis on Friday said that 3.6 kilos of cocaine in six black bricks labeled Coca Racing valued at P19 million was recovered by a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fisherman recovered 5.4 kilograms of suspected floating cocaine in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar, on Thursday, Aug. 14. The 52-year-old fisherman discovered the contraband while fishing before noon. He turned over the item to the Hernani Municipal Police Station. Six blocks...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega confirmed on Monday, July 28, that a Filipino was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Ireland for drug trafficking charges. The official confirmed the Irish Special Criminal Court’s decision that recently came out on social media...
TUGUEGARAO City, Cagayan – A pack of suspected cocaine was recovered by a fisherman in the sea of Sitio Casaluran, Barangay Dilam, Calayan, Cagayan on Sunday, June 22. Police said the contraband was wrapped in plastic and secured with duct and scotch tapes and labeled Coca Racing. The fisherman...
A suspected Filipina courier of illegal drugs worth P24 million has been arrested upon her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Sierra Leone, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Friday, Jan. 10. The BI identified the arrested woman as Joy Dagonano Gulmatico, 29, who...
Australian Federal Police officers stand with approximately 350 kilograms (770 pounds) of seized cocaine at a press conference at the AFP headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (Jono Searle/AAP Image via AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australian police seized a...
