Drugs worth $160M hidden in instant noodle packets, car parts

12/17/2023

LOS ANGELES — Four men from Southland are accused of running a drug trafficking group that sent large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. The drugs were cleverly hidden in…

Cocaine worth P16.5 million seized from a passenger at Naia

Sofia Abrogar 05/23/2023

NAIA, Pasay City – Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives intercepted over three kilograms of cocaine worth around P16.5 million allegedly from a Salvadoran who arrived from Doha, Qatar on Monday, May…

Spanish police seize cocaine worth $114 million from cattle ship

Reuters 01/29/2023

MADRID – Spanish police seized 4.5 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of 105 million euros ($114 million) after raiding a cattle ship off the Canary Islands earlier this week, a statement said on Saturday.…

Marcos says he tested negative in cocaine test, insists he wasn’t being alluded to by Duterte

Daphne Galvez - Reporter 11/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — To put to rest speculations brought by President Duterte’s claims of a cocaine-hitting presidential aspirant, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday claimed he has undergone a cocaine test, and had tested negative.…

Duterte: Cocaine-using presidential bet eludes cops by doing drugs on yacht, plane

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 11/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the unnamed presidential aspirant, whom he accused of doing cocaine, was able to escape apprehension because he does the illegal act in places like on a yacht or…

Demi Lovato says 2018 overdose led to three strokes and heart attack

Reuters 02/18/2021

LOS ANGELES  – Pop star Demi Lovato said she had three strokes and a heart attack when she was hospitalized for a drug overdose in 2018, and was also left with some brain damage. Lovato, 28, was…

Cebuano filmmaker Kerwin Go’s ‘Mina-Anud’: A timely crime comedy film

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “The movie is not a political statement.” This was the clarification of Cebuano filmmaker Kerwin Go on his debut movie, “Mina-Anud.”  Go said that the movie was not in any way an attack…

PCG-7 to monitor possible entry points of cocaine blocks in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) is now monitoring seas around the region following the recovery of blocks of cocaine in the eastern seaboard of Luzon and Mindanao. Commodore Ronnie Gil Gavan,…

PDEA-7, PRO-7 checking cocaine in Cebu reports

Nestle L. Semilla 08/26/2018

Has cocaine becoming more available in Cebu? This is what the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) are looking into. Their move came after President Rodrigo…

Motorist yields ‘cocaine,’ ‘shabu’ at checkpoint

Norman V. Mendoza 02/24/2016

A 40-year-old man was arrested after he was caught possessing packs of suspected cocaine and shabu at a police checkpoint in Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City last Tuesday afternoon. Rico Igoy, a resident of Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Mactan,…

Motorist caught with packs of cocaine, shabu

Norman V. Mendoza 02/24/2016

LAPU-LAPU City police confiscated four small packs of cocaine and a pack of shabu from a motorist who tried to avoid a checkpoint in Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City Tuesday afternoon. Rico Igoy is now detained while police…

Cocaine worth P250K seized at Mactan airport

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/14/2015

A parcel which was suspected to contain cocaine weighing 57.2 grams was seized at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. The parcel arrived at the airport last Dec. 11. It was sent through Federal Express by a certain Kevin…

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