TABUK, Kalinga – Police discovered 51 bricks of dried marijuana leaves abandoned on a road in Barangay Bangad Centro, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Saturday, May 27. Police Capt. Ruffy Manganip, public information officer of the Kalinga Police Provincial Office, said each brick weighed approximately one...
Marijuana leaves (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Unsplash, Facebook) If Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez would have his way, he would start decongesting cramped local prisons by freeing who he describes as "non-violent marijuana (cannabis) offenders"....
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P57 million during a week-long eradication operation in Benguet and Kalinga from May 14 to 20. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Operations Division (ROD) said operation resulted in the discovery of 227, 470 fully-grown...
TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija – Seven suspected drug pushers, including three minors, were arrested by authorities in buy-bust operations in this town and Zaragoza, this province, on Saturday, May 20. The minor suspects were apprehended at around 7 p.m. in Barangay Pagasa, Talavera. They yielded...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Marijuana plants worth P11 million were uprooted and burned in Kalinga and five drug personalities were arrested from May 7 to 13, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said Tuesday, May 16. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., PRO-Cordillera chief, said 55,000 fully...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left), and Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Two former House Speakers are now seeking the legalization of medical cannabis or marijuana in the current 19th Congress. This, after Senior...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 11 student was arrested after he was caught with dried marijuana leaves inside his classroom at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Barangay 12, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 10. THE suspected dried marijuana leaves and an improvised pipe...
BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old man who was the subject of a buy-bust operation for selling shabu was also found to have some marijuana plants in his backyard at Hacienda Lonoy, Barangay Hawaiian, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 11. SOME suspected marijuana plants were discovered by...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P1.8 million in the campaign against illegal drugs in the Caraga region last month. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II said 73 drug suspects were arrested from April 1...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities destroyed marijuana worth P9.7 million in separate eradication operations in Pangasinan, La Union, and Ilocos Sur last month. Police uprooted 140 fully grown marijuana plants valued at P28,000 in a plantation in Barangay Tobuan, Labrador, Pangasinan on...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Authorities discovered and destroyed marijuana plants worth P26 million from April 23 to 29 in Benguet and Kalinga. A total of 70, 020 fully-grown marijuana plants and 100, 000 grams of dried marijuana leaves and fruiting tops from 20 plantations were burned onsite...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two friends and seized illegal drugs worth P116,200 in a buy-bust operation in Purok Villa Villeta, Barangay Estefania here on Sunday, April 30. Suspects were identified as Jefferson Claves, 26, and Earl Jan Ansagay, 22, residents of Barangay Estefania. They yielded...
