In a series of high-profile enforcement actions spanning nearly two months, law enforcement authorities across Luzon confiscated close to 700,000 sticks of illicit cigarettes, reinforcing the government’s campaign against counterfeit and illicit cigarettes under “Oplan Megashopper.” The...
Police arrested three men in two buy-bust operations that resulted in the seizure of P275,400 worth of shabu in Taguig on Sept. 3. The drug busts were conducted by the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Palingon Tipas. At about 9:45 p.m., the police arrested alias Alteng, 34, a...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) arrested three men, including two of the region’s alleged most notorious drug personalities, during a buy-bust operation in Pasig City on Monday, Sept. 1. EPD identified the two as “Arwin,” 43, ranked No. 5, and “Julio,” 34, ranked No. 9 on the Regional...
CAVITE – Authorities collared a high-value drug suspect and confiscated around P2.9 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in front of a mall in Barangay Molino 4, Bacoor City, on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 4A (PDEA 4A) identified the...
Anti-narcotics agents have arrested a high-value target (HVT) and seized some P13.6-million worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Lanao del Norte, an official said Monday. In a report, Bryan Babang, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Zamboanga Peninsula (PDEA-9),...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized four kilos of suspected shabu valued at P27 million from an ex-soldier during a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The suspect was identified as Sahdan Badiri Ibrahim, 52, from Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur and a high-value drug suspect. Authorities...
A drug suspect identified as alias Eminem was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Palangoy, Binangonan, Rizal on Friday, Aug. 15. According to the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO), the suspect was nabbed inside his home in Sitio Fatima after an undercover police officer...
CEBU CITY – A lotto outlet in Mandaue City was found to have been used as a front to sell illegal drugs. The operator of the lotto outlet, a 39-year-old woman, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Paknaan on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 14. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central...
A 25-year-old delivery rider and alleged member of a notorious gang was arrested for delivering P1,224,000 worth of shabu using a famous service delivery app during a buy-bust operation in Sta. Cruz, Manila, authorities said on Thursday, Aug. 14. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the...
A high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Tanay Municipal Police on Wednesday night, Aug. 13, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Plaza Aldea, Tanay, Rizal. The police identified the suspect as alias Putol, 54. Putol was tagged as a notorious drug pusher operating...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized 20 kilos of suspected shabu worth P136 million and arrested a wanted drug pusher and his cohort in San Pablo City, Laguna, on Tuesday night. In a statement on Wednesday, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Isagani Nerez said Kendayo, with a standing...
Four suspected peddlers of illicit drugs in various areas of Bulacan province who had long been under surveillance were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 13. According to the police, the suspects were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted in the towns of Marilao, Sta. Maria, and...
