BACOLOD CITY -- A drug pusher who once surrendered and even underwent rehabilitation during the heat of the last administration’s Oplan Tokhang is back in jail. Michael Bermejo, 34, a resident of Barangay Nanca here, was arrested after the police operatives found 60 grams of shabu worth P408,000...
About P2.1 billion from the proposed 2023 national budget will be allocated to fund the operations and expansion of 23 residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centers (TRCs), according to Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. “The P2.1 billion is 18 percent, or P322 M, higher than...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it had executed two Pakistani nationals for smuggling heroin, the first time the death penalty had been administered for drug crimes in nearly three years, according to an AFP tally. The executions drew a rebuke from Amnesty International, which...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is pursuing several amendments to Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for the purpose of strengthening the provisions of the law. Illegal drugs (Stock photo) During a panel hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the committee chaired...
Elements of the Eastern Police District (EPD) announced the arrest of a man included in its unified drugs watchlist on Oct. 31 in Barangay Kapasigan, Pasig City. The police identified the suspect as Jomil Alcantara, 43 years old, and a resident of San Miguel, Pasig who has an outstanding warrant of...
BACOLOD CITY - A high value individual (HVI) was arrested after he allegedly yielded 77 grams of shabu worth P523,000 during a buy-bust operation at Purok Tangigue, Barangay 1 here on Tuesday, Oct. 25. A man tagged as a high value individual was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1,...
CEBU CITY -- The chief of Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) has welcomed the all-out war against illegal drugs that Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia declared. Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba expressed his support to the province’s campaign against illegal drugs when he paid a courtesy call on...
A man was arrested by the police after being caught in the act of using illegal drugs while he was checked in at a hotel in Barangay Bangkal, Makati City on Friday, Oct. 21. The suspect was identified as Antonio Chua, 36, and a resident of Pasay City. According to the police report, the supervisor...
Two suspected drug pushers were collared by members of the Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) in a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal. The office of PPO director Col. Dominic Baccay identified the suspects as Randy Bańares and Bernardo Beltran, both residents of Rodriguez, Rizal. Seized from...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A drug suspect was killed while two other suspects were nabbed in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, Oct. 16. San Pedro City Police Station (CPS) identified the slain suspect as alias "Ulo" and the arrested suspects as Mark Gregor alias "Kapre" and Roxy Solidad....
A High Value Individual (HVI) and her two cohorts were successfully nabbed by members of the Southern Police District (SPD) in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Olympia, Makati City on Sunday, Oct. 16. The police identified the HVI as Sasha Gandawali Utto, 39 years-old. The two other...
Police saved a drug suspect who got wounded and fell into a river during a shootout with cops in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion, Norzagaray, Bulacan on Friday evening, Oct.14. Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan Police officer-in-charge, identified the wounded drug suspect as Jenny Tamayo...
