OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian police were poised Thursday to move against a trucker-led protest that has choked the national capital's streets for three weeks and finally provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers. "Action is imminent," Ottawa police chief Steve Bell...
A seafarer posing as a cop was arrested by police after robbing three people in Taguig City on Thursday, Feb. 17. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg said the suspect, identified as Jayson Landrito, 23, of Barangay Palingon, Taguig, was also found in possession of a...
A security guard in Muntinlupa was arrested by the police on Feb. 16 for violating the gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May 9 national and local elections. The Muntinlupa police identified the suspect as Randel Vinoya, 25, security guard and a resident of...
A police officer was arrested in Caloocan City shortly after he allegedly stole a motorcycle in Malabon City on Tuesday evening, Feb. 15. The Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) identified the suspect as Corporal Jomar Castillo, 32, assigned to Pasig City Police Station and a resident of Caloocan...
Government anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Sunday, Feb. 13, four alleged drug pushers and seized some P10,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Tacloban City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 8 identified the suspects as Vic Abolencia alias Bornok, 28; Narciso...
Police are investigating the gunslaying of an information technology (IT) operator of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Sta. Ana, Manila at around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11. Police Maj. Geuel Capuz, deputy station commander of the Sta. Ana Police Station (PS 5), identified the victim as Gil...
Operatives from the Southern Police District (SPD) and Muntinlupa police seized P3.4 million worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and arrested three men and a woman in a buy-bust operation in Muntinlupa on Feb. 11. According to SPD director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) teamed up with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday, Feb. 7, as a final push to meet President Duterte's deadline and eliminate all threat groups, particularly the communist insurgents, and secure the May 9...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested the 15th most wanted person in Northern Samar on Sunday, Feb. 6, in General Trias City. According to a statement released by the Cavite Police Provincial Office, Jino Morato Loberiano, a 21-year-old native of Catarman, Northern Samar was nabbed in Barangay San...
Police cited the vigilance of the public in the solution of crimes that occurred in Antipolo City the past few days. Police Lt. Col. June Paolo Abrazado, Antipolo police chief, told Manila Bulletin that the cooperation of the victim and the prompt response of the witnesses resulted in the arrest of...
Anti-narcotics authorities arrested four drug suspects who allegedly yielded P81,600 worth of crystal meth or "shabu" during a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Thursday, Feb. 3. (Courtesy of PDEA) The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pampanga Office identified the suspects...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentine police on Thursday seized vast quantities of cocaine likely laced with opioids and made several arrests after 22 people died and dozens ended up in hospital poisoned in Buenos Aires. Police raided a dwelling in search of the source of the adulterated cocaine....
