TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 8 (Eastern Visayas) expressed hope that Albuera, Leyte Mayor Kerwin Espinosa would take an active role in the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, citing his alleged familiarity with the illegal drug trade. Levi Ortiz, newly...
The seizure of ₱129.13 million worth of illegal drugs in just one week by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is both commendable and deeply alarming. Commendable because it reflects the persistence, coordination, and operational capability of law enforcement. Alarming because it...
Authorities seized and destroyed marijuana plants valued at approximately P48.9 million in a remote mountainous area in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur and Kibungan, Benguet. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office I information officer Mariepe de Guzman confirmed the operations on Friday,...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested and more than P8-million illegal drugs were seized in the cities of Mandaue City and Cebu City. Packs of suspected shabu valued at P8.1 million were recovered by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Thursday...
The Police Regional Office-1 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 destroyed marijuana valued at P106.2 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur from Jan. 15 to 18. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, PRO-1 regional director, said 98 marijuana...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P54.4 million were seized from a man who was allegedly the leader of a drug syndicate operating in Central Visayas and Negros Oriental. The 47-year-old suspect, a certain Clifford, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City, Cebu...
CEBU CITY – Ten persons were arrested and two minors were rescued in two suspected drug dens raided by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas here on Wednesday, Jan. 7. One of the suspected drug dens was discovered in Barangay Sambag 1 where the two minors were rescued. Arrested...
Government anti-narcotics agents seized around P47.8 billion worth of illegal drugs in nationwide anti0illegal drugs operations in 2025, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. PDEA said the figure is 123 percent more than the value of illegal drugs confiscated in 2024, adding that...
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...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) cautioned the public about the proliferation of “Peyote” cactus, also known as Lophophora williamsii, due to its mescaline content, a dangerous hallucinogenic substance. PDEA Director General Isagani Nerez explained that the spineless cactus...
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...
SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) announced that 1,020 or 75.38 percent of the region’s 1,353 barangays are drug-cleared as of October. Siquijor, comprising 134 barangays, is 100 percent drug-cleared, with 107 cleared, 27...
