Anti Drugs Campaign
ICC deferment won't affect local drug war probe: PNP
November 24, 2021, 11:58 am
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it fully trusts the Department of Justice (DOJ) and would fully cooperate in the agency’s probe into the alleged violations committed by police officers in pursuing the government's anti-illegal drugs campaign. In a statement Tuesday night,… Read More
High-value targets not spared from drug war
November 23, 2021, 6:14 pm
MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday denied that the rich and powerful are being spared from the Duterte administration’s drug war. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this remark after President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said an unnamed presidential aspirant,… Read More
PNP eyes joint probe with PDEA on 'cocaine user' presidential bet
November 22, 2021, 12:45 pm Updated on November 22, 2021, 10:43 pm
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it will coordinate with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for a joint investigation into the claims of President Rodrigo Duterte that a presidential candidate is using cocaine. "We are under PDEA in the campaign against… Read More
PNP seeks deeper probe into P17-M ecstasy haul
November 7, 2021, 5:59 pm
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday lauded the successful joint anti-drug operations by the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that netted close to PHP17 million worth of illegal drug ecstasy tablets in Quezon City. Eleazar said… Read More
DOJ discloses PNP-NBI cooperation pact on drug war probe
November 4, 2021, 2:33 pm
MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday made public a copy of the memorandum of agreement signed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to operationalize probes of incidents of police abuses in anti-drug operations. Under the MOA… Read More
P155.3-M drugs seized in 1,895 ops from Oct. 18 to 30
November 3, 2021, 4:06 pm
MANILA – Law enforcers have seized over PHP155.3 million worth of illegal drugs in 12 days as the government doubles down on its anti-narcotics campaign, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday. In his report during President Rodrigo… Read More
Cops tracking source of P5.3-M cocaine seized in Tawi-Tawi
November 1, 2021, 3:10 pm
MANILA – An investigation is underway to determine the source of the PHP5.3 million worth of cocaine seized from a big-time drug suspect in Tawi-Tawi last week, the country's top cop said on Monday. “Iniimbestigahan na si Basir Daud upang alamin kung saan galing ang nakumpiskang cocaine sa… Read More
BOC intercepts P8.6-M party drugs in Pasay
October 29, 2021, 2:31 pm
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday seized some PHP8.6 million worth of party drugs concealed in three shipments in Pasay City. In a statement, the bureau reported that two of the packages contained a total of 4,547 pieces of ecstasy tablets that arrived at the Central Mail Exchange… Read More
3 nabbed, P292-K shabu seized in Bacolod ops
October 29, 2021, 1:16 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Police drug enforcement teams seized PHP292,400 worth of shabu from three suspects in two separate buy-busts here in the past two nights. On Thursday night, joint police operatives arrested two persons during a buy-bust in Barangay Mansilingan. A police report identified the… Read More
2 drug peddlers yield P100-K shabu in Marawi
October 29, 2021, 10:15 am
PARANG, Maguindanao – Police officers in Marawi City arrested Thursday two suspected illegal drug peddlers and seized PHP108,820 worth of shabu during a buy-bust. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), identified the suspects as… Read More
3 HVT drug suspects yield P374-K shabu in Angeles City
October 27, 2021, 5:33 pm
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Law enforcers have arrested three drug peddlers tagged as high-value individuals and seized some PHP374,000 worth of shabu in an operation in Angeles City on Tuesday. In a report released Wednesday, Col. Rommel Batangan, Angeles City police director, identified the… Read More
Cops, PDEA agents lauded for Bicol, Pasay sting ops
October 27, 2021, 2:56 pm
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, on Wednesday lauded the successful anti-drug operations by the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that netted close to PHP14 million worth of shabu in Bicol and Pasay City earlier this week. “I… Read More
Courier firms urged to carefully check ‘backgrounds’ of riders
October 26, 2021, 2:27 pm
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday reminded delivery and courier service firms to carefully check the background of rider applicants. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar made the remarks after authorities arrested a delivery rider and seized from… Read More
5 suspects yield P120-K shabu in Zambales buy-bust
October 25, 2021, 4:18 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities have arrested five suspects and seized over PHP120,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Subic, Zambales on Sunday. In a police report released on Monday, Col. Romano V. Cardiño, acting provincial director of the Zambales Police Provincial… Read More
PNP vows strong finish vs. illegal drugs, terrorists
October 25, 2021, 4:12 pm
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday vowed a “strong finish” against illegal drugs in the remaining eight months of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s term. At the weekly ‘virtual’ press conference of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict… Read More
Hunt on vs. cultivators of 3 Cebu marijuana farms
October 25, 2021, 3:21 pm
MANILA – The country's top cop on Monday directed the Cebu police to coordinate with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in hunting down the cultivators of three marijuana plantations in Cebu that were raided by law enforcers over the weekend. In a statement, Philippine National Police… Read More
Another HVT drug suspect falls in Pangasinan
October 22, 2021, 5:26 pm
DAGUPAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in coordination with the local police has arrested another high-value drug suspect in this city. In an interview, PDEA Pangasinan provincial officer, Rechie Camacho, identified the suspect as Hector Cervantes, a resident of Barangay… Read More
Hunt on vs. cohorts of Maguindanao poll bet nabbed for drugs
October 22, 2021, 2:44 pm
MANILA – A deeper probe is underway to track the cohorts of a poll candidate who was arrested for alleged involvement in illegal drug activities in Midsayap, North Cotabato, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. In a statement, PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said this is to… Read More
BOC seizes P15-M shabu concealed in clothes
October 19, 2021, 3:43 pm
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) on Tuesday seized 2.3 kilos of shabu worth PHP15.64 million concealed in two shipments discharged at a warehouse in Pasay City. In a statement, the bureau said the packages were imported from Malaysia and were… Read More
PNP reviewing pact with NBI on probe of drug war deaths
October 18, 2021, 2:46 pm
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it is now reviewing the memorandum of agreement (MOA) drafted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that will pave the way for the joint investigation of the police and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on anti-illegal drugs… Read More
