The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Clark, has intercepted 538 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush with an estimated value of P807,000. In a statement on Wednesday, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the seized contraband, which was concealed inside a parcel declared as...
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...
BACOLOD CITY - A 41-year-old woman was arrested by authorities after she was caught with a sachet of suspected shabu worth P3,400 during a visit to her live-in partner at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 20....
PAGBILAO, Quezon – A woman was arrested after shabu and marijuana were found in her mouth while visiting an inmate at the Talipan District Jail here on Monday afternoon, Oct. 22. Jail Officer 1 Leizl Keith Abegail Agar Queñano was inspecting food and belongings and conducting a body...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (left), former senator Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV (Facebook) Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has responded with what can be charitably described as "choice words" to former senator Antonio...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte welcomed on Wednesday, July 31, the drug smuggling case filed by former Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV against him. REP. Duterte "This is a welcome development, mas maganda ito dahil sa Korte ng Pilipinas ang pagdinig at hindi sa korte...
By DANNY ESTACIO LUCBAN, Quezon – A 21-year-old caretaker was apprehended for allegedly trying to smuggle suspected shabu wrapped in an "espasol" (native rice cake) while visiting her live-in partner at the custodial facility of the police here on Sunday evening, July 14. Police Master Sgt....
CEBU CITY – Two drug groups could be behind the smuggling of huge amounts of shabu that were seized here recently, police said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said these two drug groups were identified during the custodial debriefing on arrested drug personalities. Pelare, spokesperson of...
CEBU CITY — A 27-year-old woman was arrested after she tried to sneak in a pack of suspected shabu into the Mandaue City Jail hidden in her private part on Tuesday, February 13. A PACK of suspected shabu and a cell phone were found inserted in the private part of a female jail visitor in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle a pack of suspected shabu for his detained son in Ormoc City on New Year’s Eve. Police identified the suspect as Aurelio Basete. Basete arrived at the Ormoc City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Altavista to bring...
