Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla flew to Israel Saturday night to attend a series of conferences on the compassionate use of medical cannabis (marijuana) - and how to apply Israel's experience to the Philippines. Padilla, who last year filed Senate Bill 230 allowing the medical use of cannabis,...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P4.5 million in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on Thursday, April 27. The Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) under the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and the 141st Special Action Company of the Philippine National Police-Special...
CEBU CITY – A farmer was arrested after he was caught allegedly tending to marijuana plants in a mountainous barangay in Toledo City, Cebu. Demetrio Laspoña Baculi, 57, was also caught possessing an unlicensed .45 caliber pistol during the arrest past 2 p.m. on Friday, April 28, police...
BAGUIO CITY – About P6,840,000 worth of marijuana were recovered from two drug suspects during a follow-up operation conducted by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Bulacan agents and local police along Kennon Road, Barangay Camp 7 here on Wednesday, April. 26. The suspects were...
SUGPON, Ilocos Sur – Joint operatives from the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have destroyed P6.928-million worth of fully grown marijuana plants in the mountainous area of Sitio Sawangan, Barangay Danac, here, according to Police Capt. Rovic R. Nelmida. The plantation...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Over P2.7-million worth of dried and fully grown marijuana plants were burned in this province on Monday, April 24. The Benguet Provincial Police Office conducted simultaneous marijuana eradication operations in the municipalities of Sablan, Bakun, and Kibungan which...
DIFFUN, Quirino – A 22-year-old student was nabbed and yielded suspected marijuana worth P722,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Andres Bonifacio here on Saturday, April 22. Authorities identified the suspect as “Ryan,” a resident of Barangay Lutuad, this town. Seized from the suspect, a...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Joint operatives from the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) uprooted 7,995 fully-grown Marijuana plants in six locations with a total land area of 1,055-square meters in Sitio Upper Bas-ungan, Sapdaan, Santol, La Union on Friday, April 21....
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – Police arrested a 17-year-old Grade 11 student and seized suspected marijuana worth P2,000 in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, April 19. The suspect was apprehended after he sold a plastic sachet of marijuana weighing 5.3 grams to a poseur-buyer at 6:20 p.m. Being...
The marijuana plant (left) and Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Unsplash, Facebook) A "family day" to be held in favor of the decriminalization of marijuana will take place Thursday, April 20, in Quezon City, and none other than Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – About 140 fully grown marijuana plants found in Barangay Tobuan, Labrador town were eradicated by anti-narcotics personnel on Friday morning, April 14. Elements of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) Pangasinan, together with other law enforcement units and the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two drug peddlers involved in the bulk distribution of marijuana in Bulacan were arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Luzon on Wednesday, April 12, in a private parking lot in Barangay Balili here. Seized during the buy-bust operation were 15 kilos...
