Anti Drugs Campaign
PDEA lauds filing of raps vs. village execs over inactive BADACs
March 4, 2018, 2:01 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) welcomed the move of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to file administrative charges against barangay (village) officials who failed to activate their local anti-drug abuse councils. PDEA Director General Aaron N.… Read More
5,324 barangays drug-free: PDEA
March 2, 2018, 12:29 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has reported that 5,324 out of 42,036 or 12.6 percent barangays in the country have been cleared of drugs in line with the government’s ongoing anti-narcotics campaign. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said the report covers the period… Read More
Inspection of firms ordered to curb 'diversion' of drug substances
February 25, 2018, 10:06 am
MANILA -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron N. Aquino has ordered an intensified conduct of compliance inspections to prevent the use of legitimate substances for illicit purposes, particularly in the manufacture of dangerous drugs. Aquino said 5,427 registered… Read More
PDEA to launch shelter program for drug surrenderers
February 25, 2018, 9:54 am
MANILA -- As part of President Rodrigo Duterte administration’s campaign to holistically address the drug problem, the government, led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), will build shelters with a promise of renewed life, for drug surrenderers across the country. PDEA Director… Read More
10 suspected drug pushers, users nabbed in Cavite
February 24, 2018, 8:18 pm
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Members of this city police Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET), in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 4-A, arrested 10 suspected hard drug pushers and users during a buy-bust operation in Latero, Barangay San Nicolas 3 Saturday… Read More
Quezon police organizes community mobilization clusters
February 23, 2018, 8:26 pm
LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- Scores of cluster leaders from the city’s 33 barangays (villages) undertook their orientation program as organized community groups of the Calabarzon regional police’s initiative on Community Mobilization Program (CMP) in a bid to address criminality and lawlessness in… Read More
PDEA bent on cleaning its ranks amid alleged fake agents' ops
February 23, 2018, 2:41 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has intensified its internal cleansing efforts as part of its commitment to weed out erring agents and personnel, particularly those involved in the illegal drug trade. PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino announced this after an incident… Read More
Baguio's community-based drug rehab program feted
February 22, 2018, 7:18 pm
Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan (4th from left) receives from JunJun Abella of Serenity in the Steps (5th) and City Social Welfare and Development Officer (CSWDO) chief Betty Fangasan (6th) the plaque of the 2017 Lingap Circle Award given to the city government for its community-based rehabilitation… Read More
Drug suspect killed, cop wounded in Cavite encounter
February 15, 2018, 8:06 pm
BACOOR CITY, Cavite - A notorious hard drug suspect was killed in a shootout with city police during the serving of arrest warrant on him in his house in Barangay (village) Talaba here Thursday morning.Bacoor City chief of police Superintendent Francisco Lucena III identified the slain drug… Read More
Lawyer behind ICC complaint dared: ‘Prove your numbers’
February 11, 2018, 12:29 pm
MANILA — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Ana Maria Paz Banaag said Friday the number of casualties in the government's ongoing campaign against illegal drugs in the country has been verified by joint law enforcement agencies, and dared those who lodged… Read More
Imus launches rehab program for 544 drug surrenderers
February 9, 2018, 5:27 pm
City Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi (second from left) presides over a press conference after the launching of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy drug rehabilitation program on Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Imus City Sports Center. With him are Vice Mayor Ony Catimbuhan (far left), Atty. Jeremiah Belgica… Read More
‘Lodi Kong Driver ay Drug-Free Forever’ launched in Cavite town
February 7, 2018, 10:16 pm
Around 400 tricycle and pedicab drivers joined the launching of the Cavite police anti-hard drug project "Lodi Kong Driver ay Drug-Free Forever" (My Idol Driver is Drug-Free Forever) at the SM City Rosario mall terminal here Wednesday. “The project is the first of its kind of anti-illegal drug… Read More
PDEA adopts 1-strike policy over infractions in securing detainees
February 2, 2018, 12:53 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is adopting a one-strike policy for personnel who are found to have committed "infractions in the custody and escape of detainees." Under the agency’s Memorandum Circular No. 2018-002 dated Jan. 15, 2018, all personnel who, after… Read More
PDEA issues rules on use of body cameras in anti-drug ops
January 29, 2018, 2:15 pm
MANILA -- In line with the efforts to ensure transparency in the conduct of the anti-illegal drug campaigns, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has issued guidelines on the use of body cameras during anti-illegal drug operations. PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino said that as far as… Read More
P1.1-M shabu seized in Camarines Norte buy-bust
January 28, 2018, 10:44 am
NAGA CITY -- Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a woman and seized PHP1.1 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or ‘shabu’ in a buy-bust operation in Daet, Camarines Norte late Friday. PDEA Provincial Officer… Read More
PDEA destroys P563-M worth of illegal drugs
January 25, 2018, 3:11 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday destroyed a total of PHP563.46 million worth of illegal drugs in Clean Leaf International Corporation in Barangay Maysilo, Malabon. Destroyed through thermal decomposition were 112,078.28 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or… Read More
Close to 100K raps filed in line with gov't anti-drug drive
January 22, 2018, 4:51 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said that close to 100,000 complaints have been filed before the National Prosecution Service in connection with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's ongoing campaign against illegal drugs in the country. During the #RealNumbersPH press briefing in… Read More
PDEA gets P90.4-M equipment for anti-drug ops
January 18, 2018, 5:39 pm
MANILA -- To boost its operation capability in compliance with the Duterte administration's anti-illegal drugs drive this year, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) purchased PHP90.4 million worth of equipment and vehicles. “With the persistent threat of illegal drugs in the country,… Read More
Over 35K anti-drug ops, 75K suspects nabbed in 2017: PDEA
January 16, 2018, 6:39 pm
MANILA -- In line with the Duterte administration's anti-illegal drugs drive, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has posted a significant increase in the number of anti-drug operations and arrest of drug personalities in 2017. From January 1 to December 31, 2017, PDEA, the country’s… Read More
2 men arrested for selling party drugs in Mandaluyong
January 12, 2018, 4:04 pm
PDEA officials led by PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino present the two men nabbed for selling party drugs in Mandaluyong City on Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo by PDEA) MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two persons for selling party drugs, including cocaine and liquid… Read More
