Costa Rica: Prison guards catch drug-smuggling purr-petrator

Agence France Presse 05/21/2025

Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack taped to its body. The black-and-white feline, carrying over 230…

Mandaue City pushes rehab program for youth drug users

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/19/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A comprehensive community-based recovery program that addresses drug use among children is being implemented in Mandaue City, signaling a shift toward a more compassionate, health-centered response to youth substance abuse. The Mandaue City…

Kerwin Espinosa is new Albuera, Leyte mayor

Doris C. Bongcac 05/13/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Kerwin Espinosa, the newly proclaimed mayor of Albuera, Leyte, has asked drug suspects to either reform or leave their town or he will have them arrested. Espinosa said that he also intends to…

Cebu police stories: April 8, 2025

CDN Digital 04/08/2025

CEBU, Philippines – Here’s a roundup of police stories from around Cebu on April 8, 2025. Cebu City hotel security guard goes amok, attacks receptionist A security guard at a hotel in uptown Cebu City was arrested…

Lapu-Lapu buy-bust: Man from Mindanao nabbed with P2M shabu

Futch Anthony Inso 02/19/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A 39-year-old man from Mindanao landed in jail after Lapu-Lapu City police learned of his illegal drug activities here. The suspect, who was identified as a certain “Apupa,” arrived in Brgy. Bankal from Lanao…

‘High on drugs,’ pa kills wife and 2 children in Naga City, Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso, Paul Lauro 01/27/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police in Naga City, southern Cebu are now hunting down a father who allegedly hacked to death his own wife and their children on Monday, January 27. Reports from the Naga City Police…

Hero dog ‘Bayani’ uncovers P170M drugs at Cebu City port

Emmariel Ares 01/23/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hero dog Bayani proved a hero indeed when he led authorities to the discovery of 25 kilos of illegal drugs hidden by a mother and son who arrived at the Cebu City sea port…

Police asset stabbed to death by his friends in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 01/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 24-year-old man, who is a police asset, was stabbed to death by two of his friends in Brgy. Luz, Cebu City on the early hours of Monday, January 20.  The victim was…

Marijuana to be downgraded in dangerous drugs list? PDEA, DBB open to idea

Charie Abarca 11/20/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) are open to downgrading marijuana by one level from the list of the world’s most dangerous drugs, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa…

Mandaue jail warden: Tighter inspections on inmates’ visitors

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/08/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Jail Male Dormitory will tighten its inspection of individuals who will visit their relative-inmates there. This is after, they found at least eight small packs of suspected shabu weighing .35…

Teen ‘stabbed 50 times’ then burned alive in France

10/07/2024

Marseille, France–The southern French city of Marseille was shaken this week by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday. Marseille, France’s second-largest…

Duterte, dela Rosa called to appear in House hearings on Pogos, drug trade links

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/07/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Both former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald dela Rosa are set to be invited to the hearings conducted by the four House of Representatives committees. These hearings will explore the connection between illegal…

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