IMUS CITY, Cavite – Authorities here arrested 45 individuals allegedly involved in illegal gambling, particularly pigeon racing, on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office said the Imus City Police Station (CPS) received a report from a concerned citizen about illegal pigeon...
BACOLOD CITY -- A drug detainee surrendered to the authorities in Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday, Nov. 19, three days after he escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Marcial Yanguas, officer-in-charge of Negros Oriental...
The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 2 (Cagayan Valley) is investigating the illegal sale of hybrid rice seeds that are part of the government’s seed distribution program. DA-RFO 2 Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo said they are coordinating with the National Bureau of...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Six individuals, four of them females, were arrested inside a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau at about 5:14 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo via Liezle Inigo Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region III (PDEA-3) who conducted the buy-bust operation...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug detainee escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station on Wednesday, Nov. 16. John Mike Olitres alias ‘Tata Vendetta’ is now the subject of massive manhunt operation by the Negros Oriental police. In a video on Facebook, Maj. Fortunato...
CEBU CITY – More than 1000 individuals were arrested during a month-long intensified campaign by the police against illegal gambling in Central Visayas. Most of the 1,147 arrested individuals arrested in October were involved in unauthorized small town lottery (STL) operations. Col. Rommel...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A businesswoman is now in jail after she was caught possessing shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office in Barangay Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The arrested businesswoman was identified as Jay Anne Ceriaco...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. MACABULOS, Tarlac City -- A 43-year-old businessman was arrested after the authorities found a gun, a grenade and an undetermined amount of shabu during a search operation in his house in Brgy. San Nicolas in this city on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16. The raiding personnel of the...
CEBU CITY—An Indian national wanted for illegal recruitment was arrested here on Monday night, Nov. 14. Operatives of the Inayawan Police Station arrested the suspect Harjot Singh in Sitio Ciwac, Barangay Bulacao. Singh had a pending warrant of arrest issued by Branch 5 of the Regional Trial...
PANGASINAN -- A tricycle driver who was flagged down in a checkpoint under Oplan Sita for inspection of motorcycle’s documents and driver’s license, was instead arrested for yielding a small amount of shabu in Brgy. Balayong, San Carlos City at around 12:00 noon on Monday, Nov. 14. Report from...
A bill seeking to strengthen the detection and control capabilities of all contrabands, such as illegal drugs, in prisons and detention facilities through modern technologies has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace...
BACOLOD CITY - A former drug offender was again arrested after police busted him with 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 in Barangay Villamonte here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City Wednesday....
