BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) intensified its intelligence operations to unmask an international drug syndicate behind a massive P5.8‑billion shipment of crystal meth or “shabu” that was intercepted in the coastal waters of Paluan, Occidental Mindoro. PNP Chief Police General Jose...
Anti-illegal drug operatives on Wednesday seized P47.6-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Sibuto, Tawi-Tawi. Two high-value suspects were apprehended in the operation, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said in a news release Thursday. Authorities confiscated...
CEBU CITY – A habal-habal or modified motorcycle driver was caught with one kilo of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City. The 26-year-old suspect, a resident of Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
The Valenzuela City government reaffirmed its intensified anti-drug campaign after authorities dismantled a clandestine drug laboratory and seized around P6.6 billion worth of suspected shabu in Barangay Veinte Reales on Sunday, Feb. 22. According to the city’s Public Information Office, the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 8 (Eastern Visayas) expressed hope that Albuera, Leyte Mayor Kerwin Espinosa would take an active role in the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, citing his alleged familiarity with the illegal drug trade. Levi Ortiz, newly...
The seizure of ₱129.13 million worth of illegal drugs in just one week by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is both commendable and deeply alarming. Commendable because it reflects the persistence, coordination, and operational capability of law enforcement. Alarming because it...
Authorities seized and destroyed marijuana plants valued at approximately P48.9 million in a remote mountainous area in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur and Kibungan, Benguet. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office I information officer Mariepe de Guzman confirmed the operations on Friday,...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested and more than P8-million illegal drugs were seized in the cities of Mandaue City and Cebu City. Packs of suspected shabu valued at P8.1 million were recovered by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Thursday...
The Police Regional Office-1 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 destroyed marijuana valued at P106.2 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur from Jan. 15 to 18. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, PRO-1 regional director, said 98 marijuana...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P54.4 million were seized from a man who was allegedly the leader of a drug syndicate operating in Central Visayas and Negros Oriental. The 47-year-old suspect, a certain Clifford, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City, Cebu...
CEBU CITY – Ten persons were arrested and two minors were rescued in two suspected drug dens raided by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas here on Wednesday, Jan. 7. One of the suspected drug dens was discovered in Barangay Sambag 1 where the two minors were rescued. Arrested...
