Anti-narcotics authorities seized more than P20 million worth of shabu after the arrest of two suspected big time illegal drug traders in a buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, April 6. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspects Sittie...
A total of 398 elected officials have been arrested in various anti-illegal drug operations since President Duterte launched the controversial "drug war" in 2016, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Friday, April 1, to intensify their operations as the May 2022 elections...
As the country anticipates more leisure travels this summer, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Wednesday, March 30, that it has partnered with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to strengthen the security of tourists attraction...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized P544,000 worth of shabu on Monday, March 28, following the arrest of five drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspects as Jefferson Maala, 29; James Lorenz Emperado, 33; Adrian...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized P103,500 worth of shabu on Saturday night, March 26, following the arrest of two alleged drug den operators in a buy-bust in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. The PDEA Nueva Ecija Provincial Office said suspects Noel Sales, 32, and Rowena Sales, 29, Roldan...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has expressed deep concern over the dramatic rise in the illegal drug trafficking activities using the Internet. With the Covid-19 pandemic, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva drug traffickers took advantage of the “technological boom’’...
BACOLOD CITY - A total of P6,492,657.615 worth of shabu and marijuana were destroyed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas at the Acropolis Garden in Barangay Bata here on Friday. PDEA-Western Visayas acting regional director Alex Tablate (right) leads the thermal...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has reported a 460 percent increase increase in the smuggling of Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), popularly known as ecstasy, into the country. “Smuggling of ecstasy is expanding in the last three years. It grew from 13,000 tablets in 2019 to...
Marijuana has now dislodged shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride as the most preferred illegal drugs of the country’s users “both on the demand and supply side," the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) bared Friday, March 25. (Courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Locally...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-NCR) and Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized from three alleged drug dealers P340,000,000 worth of alleged shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) during a buy-bust on Mindanao Ave. in Brgy. Talipapa, Quezon City on Wednesday, March 23....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bulacan Provincial Office seized five kilos of dried marijuana leaves worth P600,000 on Saturday, March 19 in a buy-bust operation in San Jose Delmonte, Bulacan. PDEA agents identified the suspect as John Gabriel Gayo, 27, of Block 60, Lot 24 Barangay...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announced Friday, March 18, that the recent successful operations resulting in the seizure of multi-billion peso worth of illegal drugs were unrelated to the May 2022 national and local elections . In a radio interview over Dobol B TV, PDEA Director...