Philippines arrests Australian suspect, reportedly the father of a rugby star, for drugs trafficking

05/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of Indonesia’s most-wanted drug suspects has been arrested in the Philippines after an international manhunt and efforts were underway to have the suspect extradited to Jakarta to face charges, Indonesian and Philippine…

Cebu City cops probe possible links pointing to arrested drug suspect as allegedly a ‘noted hitman’

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 12/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City police are checking if an 18-year-old man, who was caught with illegal drugs and an unlicensed gun, during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, is responsible for previous shootings…

Consolacion cop sent to verify illegal drug activity in Brgy Casili, gunned down

Paul Lauro and Pegeen Maisie Sararaña 06/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A policeman, who was sent to verify the presence of illegal drug activity in Barangay Casili in Consolacion town, was shot dead Sunday night, June 5. Police Staff Sergeant Careby Clyde Alinsug of…

Cebu City cops probe person tagged as drug supplier of slain drug suspect

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are going after the alleged source of illegal drugs of a drug suspect who was killed in a shootout with law enforcers last Wednesday evening, April 6, 2022, in Sitio Sidlakan, Barangay…

Mabolo buy-bust nets man with P816K worth of shabu

Jewil Anne M. Tabiolo 03/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City police on Wednesday, March 2, arrested a drug personality with P816,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation at around 7:15 pm in Baranggay Mabolo, Cebu City. The Cebu City…

P7.4M ‘shabu’ seized from Cebu City man nabbed in Lapu-Lapu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/16/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least P7.4 million worth of illegal drugs were seized from a Cebu City resident during a buy-bust operation conducted in Sitio Soong 2, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City at around 2:15 p.m.…

Lapu-Lapu cops eye supplier of Cebu City drug dealer caught with P7M shabu 

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu policemen are going after the supplier of the suspected Cebu City drug dealer, who was caught with P7 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pajo this city…

Policeman in hot water after air con-for-services offer to drug suspect’s kin backfires

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A policeman’s offer to a brother of an arrested drug suspect — his help in the case of his brother for one air conditioner — went awry when the brother rejected the offer…

Motorcycle tandem kills ex-convict from Mandaue City

Alven Marie Timtim and Paul Lauro 04/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Reynaldo Galviola, 45, was released from detention in December 2019. Last night, April 4, 2020, Galviola was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman while he was driving his motorcycle at the vicinity of…

Drug suspect killed outside of restaurant in Maasin City

Jani Arnaiz 02/12/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Joseph Salvador Siega visited a restaurant located along the national highway in downtown Maasin City with his common-law partner and younger sister at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. While…

Police collar drug suspect after brief car chase in Mandaue City

Norman Mendoza, Rosalie Abatayo 09/04/2019

(Updated 11:30 a.m.) Mandaue City, Cebu—Police neutralized a drug suspect after a daytime car chase along A.S. Fortuna Street in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City on Wednesday morning, September 4, 2019. The suspect in the car chase and…

Police shoot down suspected drug pusher in Talisay City

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A suspected drug pusher in Talisay City died after reportedly attempting to shoot it out with police officers on Tuesday evening, April 15, 2019. The casualty was identified as Gilbert dela Peña Alesir,…

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