Suspected ‘high-valued’ drug pusher, accomplice nabbed in Liloan

Paul Lauro 10/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 25-year-old suspected, high-valued drug pusher and his accomplice were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Liloan town, northern Cebu on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Anti-narcotics agents and police officers arrested Kenny Earl…

Barangay Suba-Basbas receives cash incentive for being drug-cleared

Futch Anthony Inso 09/26/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Government has turned over the P50,000 cash incentive for being a drug-cleared barangay to Barangay Suba-Basbas on Monday, September 26, 2022. The cash incentive serves as reward after the barangay was declared…

Buy-bust in Talisay City yields P13.6M worth of illegal drugs

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 09/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A buy-bust operation in Talisay City, Cebu led to the confiscation of at least P13.6 million worth of suspected shabu and arrest of two individuals from Cebu City. The buy-bust operation was conducted on Sunday…

PRO-7 to obtain fingerprint record of Sabalones from Comelec

Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is a step closer to determine whether the man who was shot dead in Quezon City is indeed self-confessed drug lord, Franz Sabalones. Director Brigadier…

Tartanilla driver arrested in a drug bust

Benjie Talisic 12/28/2018

Jharril Alegado, 26, looked like your ordinary tartanilla (horse-drawn carriage) driver until he was arrested for alleged possession of a large stash of shabu in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on Friday night (December 28). Alegado was collared…

Christmas raids in Cebu City yield P47.4M worth of shabu

Nestle L. Semilla and Correspondent Benjie B. Talisic 12/26/2018

THERE was no letup in the anti-illegal drug campaign particularly for Cebu City police officers as they stepped up their operations in Cebu City on Christmas eve and Christmas day with a drug haul of at least…

P2M SHABU SEIZED: San Fernando fish supplier killed as cops bust drug supply business

Benjie B. Talisic 12/26/2018

THE illegal drug operation of a fish supplier, who allegedly used his business to transport suspected shabu from the Pasil fish port in Cebu City to his alleged base of operations in San Fernando town, ended with…

Pasil peddler to spend Christmas behind bars

Benjie Talisic 12/21/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Barely five months since his release from detention, Edwin Pacaña will have to spend Christmas behind bars after he was again arrested for the possession of illegal drugs at dawn today, December 21.…

Police collar north Cebu drug supplier

Benjie Talisic and Nestle Semilla 12/21/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A joint operation by Danao and Carmen police led to the arrest of Castro Palma of Barangay Guinsay, Danao City at around 9 a.m. on Friday (December 21). Supt. Jaime Quiocho Jr., Danao…

CPPO: Only 18 brgys are actually unaffected by drugs

Rosalie Abatayo 12/19/2018

DESPITE having declared 245 barangays in Cebu Province as ‘drug cleared,’ Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said only 18 villages in the province are actually ‘unaffected’ by drugs. Chief Insp. Florendo Fajardo, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Operations…

Drugs in the party scene

12/19/2018

It was a strange coincidence that a question on the legalization of marijuana use that eventual Miss Universe 2018 winner Catriona Gray answered came on the heels of last Saturday’s arrest of a former local pageant contestant…

Two brothers killed, six others arrested in Talisay anti-drug operation

Benjie Talisic 12/18/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two persons were killed while six others were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Mangilamon, Barangay Jaclupan, Talisay City early today (December 18). Personnel from the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) and the…

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