LA UNION – About P7,564,000 worth of marijuana plants were uprooted during joint eradication operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office I (PDEA ROI) and other law enforcement units in Sitio Balay, Barangay Sapdaan, Santol, La Union on Friday, Jan. 27. PDEA...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – A 31 year-old housewife yielded 120 milliliters of marijuana oil valued at P7,200 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banggot here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified suspect as Annie Innad of Barangay Macalong, Kasibu. Innad...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested 12 suspected drug personalities in the Cordillera region from Jan. 15 to 21. The Regional Operations Division of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) arrested five, Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) four,...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -- Police operatives uprooted marijuana plants with an estimated worth of P4.7 million in two plantation sites located in the mountainous boundary of Ilocos Sur and Mountain Province on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Police BGen. John C. Chua, the Region 1 police director,...
Government anti-narcotics operatives destroyed P4.2 million worth of fully-grown marijuana plants in Tampakan, South Cotabato, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The PDEA South Cotabato Provincial Office, the military and the local police immediately proceeded...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – Police arrested two 17-year-old students for allegedly transporting marijuana here on Sunday, Jan. 15. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera director, said the suspects from Tabuk City, Kalinga were nabbed by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office for...
ILOILO CITY -- Two were arrested by cops for carrying marijuana during the highlight of the 2023 Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town, Aklan province on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 15. The Kalibo police identified the suspects as 48-year-old Glenn Reyes and 33-year-old Niño Dela Cruz, who are both...
A 22-year-old man allegedly behind the selling of marijuana to the youth was arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by members of the Pasay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Sunday, Jan. 8. Col. Byron Tabernilla, city police chief, said the suspect, identified as Jhonell...
A 38-year-old man tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) in the police's drug watch list was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by members of the Southern Police District Drug Enforcement (SPD-DEU) and Pasay City police on Saturday, Jan. 7. SPD Director Brig. Gen. Kirby John Kraft said the...
POLICE and residents uproot marijuana plants valued at P120,000 in Sitio Diamante, Barangay Dalirig, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4. (Photo courtesy of the Manolo Fortich Municipal Police Station) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Marijuana plants valued at P120,000 were discovered in...
APARRI, Cagayan – Authorities arrested three high-value targets and seized suspected shabu worth P1.4 million during the implementation of a search warrant here on Thursday, Dec. 29. Suspects were identified as Rolando Uri, 52; Mila Malana, 50, and Michael Uri, 37, store owner. Seized from...
Photo: Shutterstock NEW YORK, United States – New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into the dispensary in New York City's East Village, run by the nonprofit Housing Works, a group dedicated to...