The Bacolod City Police Office recovered shabu and marijuana worth P157.3 million in 2025, a 47.6 percent increase compared to P106.6 million in 2024. Police confiscated 22.9 kilos of shabu worth P155.8 million and 12.6 kilos of marijuana valued at P1.5 million from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, a 46.2...
The Office of the Prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it is seeking direct witnesses as it investigates allegations of crimes against humanity linked to the Philippines’ war on drugs. In a Facebook post made late Thursday, Jan. 15, the ICC said the probe covers alleged...
A pickpocket notorious for victimizing passengers of public utility jeepneys (PUJ) in Makati was arrested by the Makati City Police after being caught engaged in illegal gambling last Jan. 8. The suspect was identified as "Carl," 25, and a resident of Barangay Pio del Pilar. Based on the police...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has confiscated illegal drugs amounting to P286,724,330 across three provinces, including this highly-urbanized city, since its reactivation last March. Lawmen recovered 41.9 kilos of shabu valued at P285,459,866.96 and 10.5...
The Police Regional Office-1 seized P70.4-million worth of illegal drugs in December in the Ilocos region. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, PRO-1 chief, said 126 suspects were apprehended in 127 operations. These operations were conducted in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
CEBU CITY – More than P468-million worth of seized illegal drugs were destroyed here on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) led the destruction through the cremation facility of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes. The destruction was witnessed by Dangerous...
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...
A man tagged as a high value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Antipolo City Police in a drug net operation on Thursday, Dec. 11. The suspect was identified as Bitoon, who was nabbed along Marcos Highway in Barangay Inarawan, Antipolo City. Based on the police report,...
A joint operation of various police agencies dismantled an alleged clandestine laboratory, which was allegedly run by a well-organized group of foreign nationals and Filipino cohorts, in Binangonan, Rizal on Tuesday night, Dec. 9. The operation was conducted by the joint team from the Philippine...
Never surrender to foreign power. Sen. Robinhood Padilla gave this advice to Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa following reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has already issued a warrant of arrest against him. Padilla, a fellow member of the Senate Minority bloc, said they have no...
CEBU CITY – Close to P1 billion shabu was seized in Central Visayas in the first 11 months of the year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from January to Nov. 27, 124.2 kilos of shabu amounting to P849,204,889.60 were seized from 7,963 police operations conducted in...
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...
