Anti Drugs Campaign
PDEA agent, 2 other drug suspects killed in Laguna drug bust
April 25, 2018, 9:29 pm
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and two other suspected drug peddlers were killed in a shoot-out during a drug-buy bust operation around 5 a.m. on Wednesday inside the Kalibato Lake Resort Villa Reyes in this city. City police chief, Supt.… Read More
Calabarzon’s new cop chief reactivates special ops group
April 25, 2018, 8:55 pm
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City -- Newly installed director of Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon), Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, has ordered the reactivation of a special operations group to help pursue high-value targets (HVTs) involved in illegal drugs and support the intensified… Read More
Quezon fisherfolk recover P130-M liquid cocaine off Ragay Gulf
April 25, 2018, 7:17 pm
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde disclosed here Tuesday that fisherfolk in Quezon province recovered several containers containing 16.5 liters of liquid white substances that could make 13 kilos of cocaine valued at PHP 130… Read More
PDEA gets PRRD nod to unmask village officials in narco-list
April 25, 2018, 6:19 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is set to reveal this week the names of 211 barangay (village) officials included in President Rodrigo Duterte's narco-list. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino on Wednesday confirmed Malacanang has given him the go-signal to reveal the names… Read More
Baguio City urges voluntary drug test for village, SK polls bets
April 24, 2018, 6:01 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City Council has approved a resolution encouraging all candidates for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election (BSKE) to take a step forward and volunteer to undergo drug testing to ensure that the polls will not be tainted with issues of candidates being involved in… Read More
Be alert vs. shabu labs in communities, PDEA urges public
April 23, 2018, 3:17 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) urged the public anew to be watchful of signs indicating the presence of a clandestine shabu laboratory in their neighborhood. PDEA made the statement following a series of dismantled laboratories used in manufacturing illegal drugs. PDEA… Read More
P1.5-M worth of 'ecstasy' seized in Pasay
April 20, 2018, 9:17 pm
MANILA -- About PHP1.5 million worth of suspected methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), more popularly known as “ecstasy”, were seized by combined forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA IADITG) at the PhilPost Office… Read More
Anti-drugs drive stepped up in Cordillera after resurgence in villages
April 19, 2018, 1:48 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- The Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (Badac) in the Cordillera Administrative Region are again stepping up the campaign against illegal drugs, following a spike in drug abuse incidence in the region, based on the latest report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in… Read More
Quezon fishermen find 27 kg. of cocaine off Camarines Norte waters
April 17, 2018, 10:04 pm
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – The Police Regional Office (PRO4A) Calabarzon has ordered an in-depth investigation into the floating drum containing 27 kilos of cocaine that was found by Perez town fishermen off the coast of nearby Camarines Norte last Sunday. Police Regional Office… Read More
PDEA nabs 2 suspects in Malabon ecstacy lab raid
April 13, 2018, 5:32 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday dismantled a clandestine laboratory used in manufacturing ecstasy, and arrested two suspected drug personalities, including one Chinese national in Malabon City. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino identified the suspects as Jiang… Read More
FlipTop rapper Zaito arrested for illegal drugs in Cavite residence
April 12, 2018, 5:46 pm
KAWIT, Cavite – Police anti-illegal drug operatives arrested Wednesday the popular FlipTop rapper Zaito for possession of three sachets of “shabu” inside his residence in Barangay Toclong in this town. Kawit police operatives , led by Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Roberto O. Lacasa, were… Read More
2 Chinese chemists, 3 others nabbed in Batangas shabu lab raid
April 12, 2018, 5:36 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday dismantled a clandestine laboratory used in manufacturing shabu and ecstasy and arrested five suspects inside a farm in Batangas. Joint elements of the PDEA Special Enforcement Service, Armed Forces of the Philippines and local… Read More
PDEA, PPA renew partnership vs. drug smuggling in ports
April 11, 2018, 12:55 pm
MANILA -- In a bid to intensify its all-out campaign against illegal drugs in the country, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) on Wednesday have renewed their alliance to curb trafficking of illegal drugs and controlled chemicals through the… Read More
Notorious drug pusher killed in Cavite
April 9, 2018, 10:03 pm
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – A notorious drug pusher was killed while trying to engage police and anti-illegal drug operatives in a shootout, as he attempted to evade arrest during a drug buy-bust operation in his house in Green Valley, Barangay San Nicolas 3 here, on Saturday afternoon. Police… Read More
P50-M ‘shabu’ seized, 3 drug peddlers arrested in Alabang
March 23, 2018, 8:25 pm
ALABANG, Muntinlupa City – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP)-Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) seized about 10 kilograms of "shabu" with an estimated value of PHP 50 million during a drug buy-bust operation at the Parking Area 5 of the… Read More
5 Samar barangays now drug-free: PDEA
March 18, 2018, 8:03 am
MANILA -- Five barangays (villages) in the province of Samar have been declared by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as drug-free. PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino said these are barangays Casandig, Concepcion, Hinugacan, Natimonan and Pologon in Gandara town. Aquino said the five… Read More
289 village execs in PRRD narco-list: PDEA
March 14, 2018, 9:43 pm
MANILA -- Some 289 barangay (village) officials are in the narco-list of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Wednesday. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino revealed that those included in the list are 143 barangay chairmen and 146 barangay kagawads. Out of… Read More
Cop on Awol, pal nabbed for gun, drugs in Batangas
March 13, 2018, 9:51 pm
CAMP MALVAR, Batangas City — A 35-year-old policeman, who has been declared “absent without leave,” or AWOL, and a cohort were arrested by authorities for illegal drug trade in Barangay Libjo, this city, provincial police public information officer, Chief Inspector Hazel P. Luma-ang Suarez… Read More
Drug suspect killed in shoot out with cops in Calamba
March 13, 2018, 7:42 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A drug suspect was killed while his cohort and a police enforcer were wounded during a firefight at the outskirt of Barangay Pansol here during an operation conducted by this city’s Drug Enforcement Team and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday… Read More
2 Nigerians nabbed in Cavite drug bust; P2.5-M shabu seized
March 10, 2018, 5:27 pm
MANILA -- Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized PHP2.5 million worth of suspected metamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu and arrested two Nigerian nationals who are suspected members of the African Drug Syndicate (ADS) in a buy-bust operation in Cavite, a PDEA official… Read More
