Police arrested four persons and confiscated P4.25 million worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in Taguig on April 13. According to Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, police conducted a buy-bust operation at about 7:35 p.m. on Labao Street,...
Amy Austria has come out to reveal how she overcame several years of her relying on illegal drugs simply to get by. In a vlog, the actress shared how she did not via forced rehabilitation but simply by praying in earnest. It happened, she said, while she was on a spiritual retreat. “Isinurender...
Operatives from the Southern Police District (SPD) seized more than P500,000 worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) and arrested three suspects, including an alleged high value target (HVI), in Taguig on Monday, April 11. Elements from SPD’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), District...
BACOLOD CITY -- A teacher and her live-in partner were arrested in a buy-bust operation at their apartment in Purok Candelaria, Barangay Sum-ag here on Thursday, which resulted in the discovery and confiscation of 73 grams of suspected shabu worth P530,400. A teacher and her live-in partner were...
CEBU CITY -- More than P200 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in Central Visayas for the first quarter of the year, according to a report by the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7). The January- March period also saw the arrest of 8,113 individuals in the intensified campaign...
Police confiscated some P396,000 worth of shabu and a gun from three drug suspects in an entrapment operation in Pulilan, Bulacan on Wednesday, April 6. Col. Rommel J. Ochave, acting Bulacan police director, said the alleged drug peddlers -- Luthgard Francia Abesamis, 39; Ferdie Gogu Sultan, 47;...
Anti-narcotics authorities seized more than P20 million worth of shabu after the arrest of two suspected big time illegal drug traders in a buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, April 6. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspects Sittie...
The Southern Police District Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) arrested two fishermen in a buy-bust operation and confiscated from them P115,600 worth of shabu, Thursday night (March 31) in Las Pinas City. SPD Director, Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, identified the suspects as Claudio Castillo,42; and...
A total of 398 elected officials have been arrested in various anti-illegal drug operations since President Duterte launched the controversial "drug war" in 2016, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Friday, April 1, to intensify their operations as the May 2022 elections...
BACOLOD CITY - Two alleged drug pushers were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, with the authorities confiscating P360,400 worth of suspected shabu. The P360,400 worth of suspected shabu seized in a buy-bust in Barangay 1, San Carlos...
Members of the Las Pinas and Paranaque police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) conducted separate buy-bust operations that led to the arrest of eight drug suspects and the confiscation of P110,160 worth of shabu on Wednesday, March 30. Col. Jaime Santos, Las Pinas police chief, identified the...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized P544,000 worth of shabu on Monday, March 28, following the arrest of five drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspects as Jefferson Maala, 29; James Lorenz Emperado, 33; Adrian...