LUCENA CITY, Quezon - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isagani Nerez said they have further strengthened coastal defense mechanisms through continuous patrols and engagement with fishing communities to prevent the entry of tons of illegal drugs through the country 's...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agent was killed and three Marines were wounded in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Paniogan, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday, Aug. 9. The operation targeted a former Abu Sayyaf member and high-value drug target, Jimhar Jawadi, alias...
An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and a suspected drug trafficker died while three Marine commandos were wounded in a gun fight during an anti-illegal drug operation in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday, Aug. 9. Backed by Navy personnel, PDEA agents conducted an operation to...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P6.8 million was seized from a habal-habal driver in Barangay Guadalupe here. The 25-year-old suspect, a certain Ryan, was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and Cebu City Police...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has secured a very first conviction of a locally initiated money laundering case relating to illegal drugs activities in Central Visayas. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 3, PDEA said that Marie-Den Sarol Barbecho was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt...
In a bid to step up efforts to trace money behind the illegal drug trade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) formalized an agreement that allows both agencies to exchange information for law enforcement and intelligence operations. The Data...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized 75 kilos of suspected shabu worth P510 million from two drug couriers and their companion in an interdiction operation here on Thursday, July 30. The suspects were identified as Hassad, 22, male, and Judelyn, 27, residents of...
CEBU CITY – Five individuals received cash incentives under the “Operation: Private Eye” (OPE) program of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). A total of P769,982.86 were awarded to the recipients, whose information provided to authorities led to successful anti-illegal drug...
Around P676.65 million worth of seized illegal drugs were destroyed in Cebu City, which the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said was the largest destruction in Central Visayas since 2017. Through thermal decomposition or thermolysis the destroyed include 99,450.2745 grams of shabu,...
CEBU CITY – More than P600-million worth of illegal drugs, mostly shabu, seized from various operations in Central Visayas were destroyed on Tuesday, July 28. In terms of value and quantity, it was the biggest illegal destruction that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
The Las Piñas City Regional Trial Court sentenced a Taiwanese to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of possessing over P250 million worth of shabu following a search warrant operation, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday, July 21. Citing decision from the L as...
CEBU CITY – A female vendor yielded packs of suspected shabu worth P3.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Niño here. The 37-year-old suspect, a certain Belinda, was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) early Friday morning, July...
