BAKUN, Benguet – Police arrested two suspected drug couriers and recovered marijuana worth P17.7 million here on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Lawmen flagged down a vehicle during a checkpoint in Sitio Gakian, Barangay Gambang but it suddenly turned around. Police pursued caught up with the vehicle in Sitio...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, San Fernando City, La Union – Marijuana valued at P22.6 million was destroyed in eradication operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and police in the mountainous areas of Ilocos Sur and La Union from Oct. 23 to 25. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, Police Regional...
Illegal drugs worth P43,860,000, including high-grade kush, dried marijuana leaves, and marijuana vape juices, were confiscated during a buy-bust operation in Taytay, Rizal, on Thursday, Oct. 23. Personnel of the Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) of the Taytay Municipal Police Station, in...
CEBU CITY – Suspected marijuana kush and liquid marijuana were seized from a 26-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hipodromo here. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and operatives of the Cebu City Police Station 4 cornered the suspect,...
Senator Raffy Tulfo announced on Monday, August 18, that he, along with his entire staff, would undergo mandatory drug testing on Tuesday. "As a matter of fact, I already told my staff, my chief-of-staff, na tumulong magpadala dito ng taga Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and pwedeng...
Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has urged Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero to issue an order to conduct mandatory random drug testing in the Upper Chamber following reports of a senator’s staff is now being investigated over allegedly using marijuana inside the Senate’s...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has called for an investigation into reports that one of his staff was caught smoking marijuana within the premises of the Senate. Lawyer Rudolf Philip Jurado, Padilla 's chief-of-staff, said on Thursday, Aug. 14, that they have asked for a written...
CEBU CITY – Two male Grade 11 students were arrested after they were caught using marijuana near a university in Barangay Sambag 1 here on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 5. The two students, aged 18 and 16, were heading home after classes when they decided to “smoke and chill.” They were arrested...
Authorities confiscated dried marijuana leaves worth P2,172,000 from a 22-year-old female high-value individual (HVI) during a buy-bust operation in Marikina City on Tuesday, July 15. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspect as “Luna.” She was arrested by personnel of the...
Three men tagged as high-value individuals (HVIs) and wanted for illegal drugs were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Marikina Heights, Marikina City early Tuesday morning, July 8. According to the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG), the three were collared inside...
Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla has renewed his push for the bill prescribing marijuana for medical purposes and expanding access to medical cannabis as a medical treatment. Padilla refiled the bill on Monday, June 30 as senators rush to file their first 10 priority measures for the 20th...
Operatives of the Eastern Police District (EPD) recovered more than P1.6 million worth of high-grade marijuana or kush during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City early Sunday morning, June 22. According to the police, the operation was led by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit...
