Marcos shoots back: Ex-president Duterte takes fentanyl

Jean Mangaluz 01/29/2024

Manila, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday alleged that former president Rodrigo Duterte is taking fentanyl. “I think it’s the fentanyl. Fentanyl is the strongest painkiller you can buy. It is highly addictive and it…

PDEA denies Bongbong Marcos was on drug list despite Duterte’s allegations 

Jean Magaluz 01/29/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was never listed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for illegal drugs, the agency said on Monday. Former president Rodrigo Duterte, however, asserted last Sunday at a prayer rally…

P4M ‘shabu’ seized from 2 men in San Remigio

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 01/25/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – About 500 grams of illegal drugs, worth around P4 million, were confiscated from an alleged high-value individual and his companion from San Remigio town in northern Cebu. Suspects Leo Montealto, 45, considered a…

14-year-old ‘drug runner’ rescued in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 12/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 14-year-old boy, believed to be a drug runner, was rescued by police in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City on Sunday evening, December 17, 2023. The minor was rescued after personnel of the Carbon…

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…

15-year-old boy shot in head by minor

Emmariel Ares 12/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 15-year-old boy, who was playing games inside a computer shop in Cebu City, was shot in the head twice by another minor on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The attack allegedly stemmed from…

Shabu worth P23.8M seized from 4 drug suspects in Cavite

11/11/2023

LUCENA CITY — Shabu worth P23.8 million were seized by authorities from four alleged big-time illegal drug traffickers in a buy-bust operation Thursday in Bacoor City, Cavite. In an initial report Friday, the Region 4A police said…

E-bike driver caught with P6.8M worth of shabu in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An e-bike driver will be spending some time in jail after he was arrested by police in possession of a total of P6,800,000 worth of suspected shabu in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City…

Shabu worth P3.7M seized from high-value target in Consolacion, Cebu

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—More than P3.7 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from a suspected drug pusher, who was previously jailed for drug charges, in Consolacion town, northern Cebu on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Police from Cebu…

Gun-for-hire group members nabbed in Bohol, P300K shabu seized

Emmariel Ares 10/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Members of a suspected gun-for-hire group that is based in Bohol landed in jail after they were caught by authorities during a buy-bust operation early on Thursday morning, October 19,2023. The anti-illegal drugs…

Parking attendant killed in Cebu City shooting

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A parking attendant was shot dead by a still unidentified assailant while he was working in front of an eatery in Katipunan Street, Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Wednesday evening, October 18, 2023.…

Shabu worth P74,800 seized; 4 nabbed in suspected drug den in Brgy Labangon

Emmariel Ares 10/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A report made by a concerned citizen led authorities to shut down another suspected drug den in Cebu City and arrest four drug suspects. The suspected drug den was located in Sitio Andang…

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