Former K-pop boy band BTOB member Jung Ilhoon, 27, was freed from prison on Dec. 16 after an appeals court commuted his sentence. In its decision, the Seoul High Court gave Ilhoon a two-year prison sentence suspended for three years for habitual marijuana use. Former BTOB member Jung Ilhoon...
A minor who was initially cited by the police for not wearing a face mask was arrested after dried marijuana leaves were found in his possession on Tuesday, Dec. 14, in Pasay City. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspect as Kyle San Juan,19, student, and a resident of...
It's up to the election hopefuls whether or not they want to undergo drug testing. (Clockwise) Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, Senator Tito Sotto, Senator Ping Lacson (MANILA BULLETIN) This was basically Malacañang's reaction Tuesday, Nov. 23, even as it acknowledged that several aspiring...
A Seoul appeals court upheld the prison sentence imposed against Jung Ilhoon, 27, a former member of K-pop boy band BTOB, who was found guilty of habitual marijuana use last June. On Nov. 18, the 13th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court held an appeal trial against Ilhoon. Former BTOB member...
Anti-narcotics authorities seized P600,000 worth of marijuana bricks from two alleged drug pushers who were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Mariveles, Bataan on Thursday, Nov. 11. (Photo from PDEA) In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspects as Challikis...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted 31 parcels of suspected marijuana with an estimated street value of P324,000 in an anti-illegal drug operation in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on Thursday night, Nov. 4. (PDEA photo) Aided by the narcotics detection dogs “Jack”...
Anti-narcotics operatives on Saturday, Oct. 23 uprooted P20.6 million worth of marijuana plants in three different plantation sites in Cebu province. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the three plantation areas are one in Balamban town and two in Toledo City. The...
The Bureau of Customs has confiscated three bottles of medicine which turned out to be containing marijuana in a foiled smuggling attempt into the country through the Port of Clark International Airport. The bottles were inside a parcel that was declared as “over counter drugs for personal...
Police seized from a man some P354,000 worth of marijuana hidden inside speakers in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday, Oct. 19. (Photo courtesy of MPD-PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the suspect as Judem Aleck Macam Padilla, 27, a resident of Tondo. Padilla was arrested by operatives of Asuncion...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local police seized P600,000 worth of marijuana following the arrest of a drug pusher on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, in a buy bust operation in Santa Rosa City in Laguna. In a statement, PDEA said that the suspect Rey PJ Reyes, 24,...
Mandaluyong City police recovered on Saturday, Oct. 9, over P3.7 million worth of marijuana from a house where operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted a buy-bust operation and arrested one suspect on Oct. 5. According to the report, members of Mandaluyong Police...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized Saturday, Sept. 18 a total of P6 million worth of marijuana leaves and plants from a drug suspect in a buy-bust operation in Barangay New Lower Bicutan, Taguig City. PDEA Regional...
