Anti Drugs Campaign
3 suspects yield P136-M worth of shabu in Pasig drug bust
August 20, 2020, 9:18 am
MANILA – Three suspected drug dealers were nabbed and confiscated from them were some 20 kilos of shabu worth PHP136 million in an anti-illegal drug operation in Pasig City on Wednesday. Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. identified the… Read More
'Drug syndicate' member, 5 others nabbed in Zambo anti-drug ops
August 18, 2020, 9:51 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Teams of policemen and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives arrested a drug syndicate member and five others in separate anti-drug operations across the region, an official announced Tuesday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director,… Read More
Dipolog cops nab ‘big time’ drug pusher
August 17, 2020, 8:43 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Policemen have arrested a suspected “big time” drug personality and seized some PHP130,000 worth of illegal drugs in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, an official said Monday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the arrested… Read More
Zambo anti-drug ops net 6, P122-K shabu
August 15, 2020, 6:39 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lawmen arrested a high-value target and five other drug personalities and seized PHP122,100 worth of suspected shabu in anti-drug operations in the region, a police official said Saturday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the… Read More
5 nabbed, P13.6-M ‘shabu’ seized in Lanao Sur buy-bust
August 15, 2020, 10:07 am
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested five suspects and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP13.6 million in a sting operation in Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Friday. The suspects, identified as Charly Calis Talib, Radal Jadin Naming, Aljun Saribon, Albasir Igo Bakundo, and… Read More
5 drug suspects fall, P102-K ‘shabu’ seized in Cotabato City
August 14, 2020, 8:46 pm
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics agents arrested five drug suspects and seized PHP102,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in an alleged drug den here Thursday, an official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) said.Juvenal… Read More
10 nabbed in Zambo anti-drug ops
August 13, 2020, 8:04 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Backed by the police, operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested 10 individuals and "dismantled" two drug dens in separate operations in the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Norte, a PDEA official said Thursday.Emerson Margate, PDEA 9… Read More
CA upholds conviction of PDL selling drugs in Batangas jail
August 12, 2020, 5:49 pm
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) denied an appeal filed by a man convicted by a Batangas court of selling drugs while already in jail on a separate robbery charge. In its 11-page decision dated July 30 the appellate court's Fourteenth Division, under Associate Justice Franchito Diamante,… Read More
PDEA, AMLC ink pact on forfeiture of laundered drug money
August 12, 2020, 12:53 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) joined forces to effectively implement the forfeiture of laundered money alleged to be proceeds of illegal drug activities. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva and AMLC executive director Mel… Read More
600 Maguindanao prov’l employees negative in drug tests
August 11, 2020, 3:44 pm
COTABATO CITY – All government employees of Maguindanao working at the provincial Capitol yielded negative to illegal drug use.Maguindanao Governor Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu ordered Monday the surprise drug test on all employees working at the provincial capitol in Buluan town.The drug… Read More
Zamboanga Peninsula anti-drug ops net P1.1-M shabu
August 11, 2020, 3:38 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Drug Enforcement Units of the Police Regional Office in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) have arrested six people and seized over PHP1.1 million worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drug operations in the region, an official said Tuesday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police… Read More
Drug ops net over P81-M marijuana amid pandemic response
August 10, 2020, 2:15 pm
MANILA – Law enforcers seized PHP81.62 million worth of marijuana in seven separate anti-illegal drug operations over the past three weeks, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday. In a statement, PNP chief Gen. Archie Gamboa said authorities also raided three marijuana farms in… Read More
Couple nabbed; yields P6.8-M shabu in Lanao Norte
August 8, 2020, 5:35 pm
ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized an estimated PHP6.8 million worth of shabu from a couple during a drug buy-bust in the Lanao del Norte town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo Friday afternoon, a police official said.Lt. Anthony Paderanga, Sultan Naga Dimaporo police chief, identified the couple as… Read More
P1.2-M shabu seized in Capiz drug sting
August 6, 2020, 2:31 pm
ILOILO CITY – Operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized around PHP1.23 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in the town of Ivisan in Capiz on Wednesday night. In a phone interview Thursday, PDEA spokesperson Shey Tanaleon said the… Read More
PDEA nabs village exec, 'drug peddler' in Maguindanao
August 5, 2020, 8:33 pm
COTABATO CITY – Acting on a tipoff, anti-narcotics agents backed by police and Philippine Marines arrested an alleged drug peddler and a barangay chairman for allegedly preventing authorities from nabbing the suspect following a drug buy-bust in the Maguindanao town of Sultan Kudarat early… Read More
6 nabbed in Zamboanga Sibugay 'drug den'
August 3, 2020, 8:21 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--A team of police officers and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) personnel have arrested six people inside an alleged drug den in the Zamboanga Sibugay town of Ipil, an official said Monday.Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer,… Read More
Police, PDEA arrest 5 in Zambo anti-drug ops
July 31, 2020, 4:55 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Authorities arrested five drug suspects in separate anti-drug operations in this city and in nearby Zamboanga Sibugay province, officials said Friday.Four of the five suspects were newly-identified while the other one is wanted for the crime of robbery with homicide, said Capt.… Read More
'Narco-listed' Zambo Norte village exec nabbed
July 29, 2020, 7:21 pm
DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte– Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have arrested a barangay official in neighboring Dipolog City who is in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list, an anti-narcotics agent said Wednesday.PDEA-Zamboanga del Norte Agent Dharyll Iann… Read More
Davao City's anti-drug abuse council resumes ops
July 29, 2020, 5:12 pm
DAVAO CITY – The City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) has already resumed operations after its regular activities were relaxed following the national health emergency declaration in March to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Speaking at the One Davao on Covid-19 virtual presser… Read More
Death penalty to end PH as convenient spot for drug activities
July 29, 2020, 2:42 pm
MANILA – The restoration of the death penalty will put an end to the Philippines being an attractive location for illegal drug activities, especially for foreigners, the country's top cop said Wednesday. “The PNP believes that with this kind of imposition, there would be a deterrence on crime… Read More
