Anti Drugs Campaign
81.6% approves of gov’t’s anti-drug drive: 2019 drug poll
October 15, 2020, 7:04 pm
MANILA – Around 1.67 million or two out of one hundred Filipinos aged 10 to 69 are current users of drugs, according to the results of the 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse, released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The 2019 Drug Survey estimates the… Read More
PDEA destroys P6.25-B illegal drugs in Cavite
October 15, 2020, 5:55 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday destroyed PHP6.25 billion worth of illegal drugs at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite. A total of 1,394 kilos of assorted illegal drugs, worth PHP6,245,761,547 were destroyed… Read More
3 suspects yield P200-M shabu in Parañaque, Taguig
October 15, 2020, 9:57 am
MANILA – Authorities have seized more than PHP200 million worth of shabu and arrested three suspects in separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Parañaque and Taguig, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday. In a press statement, Brig. Gen. Armando de Leon, director of the… Read More
6 nabbed, P106-K shabu seized in Zamboanga
October 14, 2020, 8:31 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Six people were arrested while some PHP106,500 worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate anti-drug operations in the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur, a police official said Wednesday.Captain Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office (PRO-9) information officer,… Read More
PDEA set to destroy 1 ton of illegal drugs in Cavite Oct. 15
October 12, 2020, 6:10 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is set to destroy at least one ton of illegal drugs in Trece Martires City, Cavite this Thursday. In a Laging Handa briefing on Monday, PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon said this is in compliance with the order of President Rodrigo Duterte… Read More
2 more SoCot villages now drug-cleared
October 12, 2020, 5:23 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Two more barangays (villages) in South Cotabato province have been declared as drug-cleared after being assessed to have effectively contained the illegal drug problem in their areas. Col. Jemuel Siason, South Cotabato police director, said Monday that Barangays San Isidro… Read More
2 traders fall in Caraga drug ops, yield P82.6-K shabu
October 9, 2020, 6:59 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Two businessmen were arrested during a court-ordered search conducted by the personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Barangay Mabini, Cabadbaran City on Friday morning (Oct. 9).Capt. Dorothy M. Tumulak, Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) public information… Read More
P47.6-M shabu seized in Batangas drug sting
October 8, 2020, 1:41 pm
MANILA – Authorities seized PHP47.6 million worth of shabu and arrested four suspects in a buy-bust operation in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas, a police official said on Thursday. In a report submitted to Camp Crame, Batangas Police Provincial Police director Col. Rex Arvin Malimban identified the… Read More
Duterte won’t allow scalawag cops get away with crimes
October 7, 2020, 2:12 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will not allow scalawag police officers to get away with their crimes, Malacañang said on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this comment after Duterte on Monday bared that he ordered a “discreet” probe into extrajudicial killings (EJKs)… Read More
Palace defends PRRD order to destroy seized ‘shabu’ in 1 week
October 6, 2020, 5:48 pm
MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to authorities to destroy confiscated illegal drugs in one week to prevent them from being recycled, saying that all contraband should be destroyed immediately after being inventoried. In a Palace press briefing,… Read More
Duterte admits ordering discreet probe into EJKs
October 6, 2020, 4:20 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night bared that he ordered a discreet probe into extrajudicial killings being blamed on his administration. Duterte, who has been criticized for his aggressive crackdown on illegal drugs, said the results of the investigation showed that the murders… Read More
Drilon backs Duterte in order to destroy seized illegal drugs
October 6, 2020, 3:44 pm
MANILA – Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive for all law enforcement agencies to destroy all confiscated illegal drugs by next week. Drilon, author of the provision in the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 that mandates the immediate destruction… Read More
PNP, PDEA to comply with PRRD order to destroy seized drugs
October 6, 2020, 1:19 pm
MANILA – Agencies at the forefront of the government's anti-illegal drug campaign on Tuesday vowed to immediately destroy seized contraband to avoid recycling by unscrupulous individuals. "It must be immediate. President Rodrigo Duterte is right in saying that to stop drug recycling. Even when I… Read More
P309-M shabu seized in month-long anti-drug ops: PNP
October 5, 2020, 3:18 pm
MANILA – The prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic did not hamper the Philippine National Police (PNP) from pursuing its anti-illegal drug campaign as 4,247 operations resulted in the confiscation of around PHP309 million worth of shabu in the past month. In a press briefing in… Read More
Big-time drug peddler falls in Cotabato City
October 5, 2020, 10:41 am
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics operatives nabbed here early Monday a big-time drug peddler and seized some PHP340,000 worth of suspected shabu. Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM), identified the suspect… Read More
Zambo anti-drug ops net P20-M shabu
October 2, 2020, 8:53 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- An alleged big-time drug personality was killed while two others were arrested and some PHP20.4 million worth of illegal drugs seized in separate law enforcement operations in the region, officials said Friday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9)… Read More
3 nabbed, P3.4-M shabu seized in NoCot
October 1, 2020, 9:07 pm
COTABATO CITY – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested three suspects and seized some PHP3.4-million worth of suspected shabu in Pikit, North Cotabato Thursday afternoon.Director Juvenal Azurin of PDEA-BARM said the operation was jointly conducted with the PDEA-Region 12 and… Read More
Zambo police, PDEA nab 4; seize P2.1-M cocaine
September 29, 2020, 8:03 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A team of police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives arrested four people and seized PHP2.1 million worth of cocaine in an anti-drug operation here, officials said Tuesday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the… Read More
6 teenage drug suspects nabbed in Baguio
September 29, 2020, 10:26 am
BAGUIO CITY – Six teenage drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation and yielded PHP51,000 worth of shabu early Tuesday morning here. Director Gil Ceasario Castro, of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Cordillera Administrative Region (PDEA-CAR), identified those arrested as… Read More
PNP conducts 3.4K anti-illegal drugs ops in last 26 days
September 28, 2020, 8:53 pm
MANILA – The prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has not slowed down the Philippine National Police (PNP) as it conducted 3,413 anti-illegal drug operations in the last 26 days. In a press briefing in Camp Crame on Monday, PNP chief Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan, said a… Read More
