As the New Year 's approaches, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) has intensified its monitoring and confiscation of illegally sold firecrackers and pyrotechnics in the province to ensure a safe celebration, with police reporting that around P23,540 worth were confiscated in a...
Police in Pangasinan and Cagayan provinces destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers on Saturday, Dec. 27. Pangasinan The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office recovered 10,906 illegal firecrackers, mufflers, and “boga” or improvised cannon. These were destroyed as part of the intensified...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a firecracker vendor and confiscated P500,000 worth of illegal firecrackers during an entrapment operation on Christmas Eve in this city. The suspect was identified as Larry Nebres Jr., 47, a resident of Camino Nuevo here. “Our success in this operation is not...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday, Dec. 26, that it will pursue both administrative and criminal charges against an irate police officer who allegedly fired his service firearm during a confrontation with three “noisy” children using firecrackers in Parañaque City. Police...
CEBU CITY – More than P468-million worth of seized illegal drugs were destroyed here on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) led the destruction through the cremation facility of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes. The destruction was witnessed by Dangerous...
A man tagged as a high value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was arrested by the Antipolo City Police in a drug net operation on Thursday, Dec. 11. The suspect was identified as Bitoon, who was nabbed along Marcos Highway in Barangay Inarawan, Antipolo City. Based on the police report,...
A joint operation of various police agencies dismantled an alleged clandestine laboratory, which was allegedly run by a well-organized group of foreign nationals and Filipino cohorts, in Binangonan, Rizal on Tuesday night, Dec. 9. The operation was conducted by the joint team from the Philippine...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced the city 's banning of gambling advertisements and promotions on Monday, Dec. 8, as part of its sweeping reforms to curb the negative effects of gambling and other vices on Pasigueños. Sotto said the city government had passed Ordinance No. 26 s-2025,...
CEBU CITY – A 33-year-old woman was arrested after she was caught possessing a grenade and a firearm on Friday afternoon, Dec. 5, in Mandaue City. Police said Elaine Grace Buenaventura, a resident of Lapu-Lapu City, was about to enter a known foam and furniture store in Barangay Tipolo when...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Police confiscated illegal firecrackers and manufacturing materials valued at P3 million during a search warrant operation in Purok 2, Barangay Bigaa, this town, on Friday morning, Dec. 5. Eight workers, including a minor, were apprehended. The minor was turned over to the...
CEBU CITY – Close to P1 billion shabu was seized in Central Visayas in the first 11 months of the year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from January to Nov. 27, 124.2 kilos of shabu amounting to P849,204,889.60 were seized from 7,963 police operations conducted in...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Clark, has intercepted 538 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush with an estimated value of P807,000. In a statement on Wednesday, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the seized contraband, which was concealed inside a parcel declared as...
