Police find high powered firearms in the house of confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones

Benjie Talisic 03/01/2019

MINGLANILLA, Cebu – Police recovered high-powered firearms and an explosive in the house occupied by the common-law-wife and young children of drug lord Franz Sabalones in Minglanilla, a town 19.2 kilometers south of Cebu City. The firearms…

Police raid house of confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones in Minglanilla, Cebu

Benjie B. Talisic 03/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The house of suspected drug lord Franz Sabalones in Modena Subdivision, Minglanilla, Cebu is being raided this morning, March 1, 2019, by the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CCPO), The operatives from the Provincial…

Police inviting Franz Sabalones to shed light on death of alleged cohort

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/31/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – Law enforcers in Cebu province are now inviting self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones to shed light on the death of one of his alleged cohorts, who was shot dead in a buy-bust…

Police looking into “emerging drug group” in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/31/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – The police are now tracing the possible source of the 2.1 kilograms of illegal drugs they confiscated during a buy-bust operation in Balamban town Wednesday evening, January 30. Senior Superintndent Manuel Abrugena, director…

No signs of Sabalones in San Fernando since his surrender, says town mayor 

Benjie B. Talisic 01/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – San Fernando Mayor Neneth Reluya said self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones hasn’t been spotted in her town ever since he surrendered to the police in 2016. Sabalones, a native of San Fernando, which…

One more Cebu town relieved of all its police force over poor drug war record

Benjie B. Talisic 01/12/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another municipal police station in Cebu went through a complete revamp, with all of the policemen at the San Fernando police ordered relieved, just  hours after a similar relief order booted out…

Cops nab alleged Sabalones hitman

Benjie B. Talisic 10/23/2017

CEBU City police arrested an alleged gunman of self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones at Sitio Fatima in Barangay Pahina Central, Cebu City, at past 2 p.m. yesterday. Supt. Ryan Devaras, chief of the Cebu City police’s Investigation…

PDEA-7 orders banks to freeze Sabalones’ assets

Chris Ligan, Winson Ensomo 08/11/2017

Personnel from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7) and a court sheriff served Provisional Asset Preservation Orders (PAPO) that freezes the assets of alleged drug lord Franz Sabalones in two banks in Cebu…

Drug suspect with ties to Saballones nabbed

Benjie B. Talisic 07/12/2017

A SUSPECTED drug pusher with alleged ties to drug lord Franz Sabalones was arrested in a drug bust at Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City at 9:40 pm last Tuesday. Senior Insp. Regino Maramag of the Pardo police precinct…

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Benjie B. Talisic, Calvin D. Cordova, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/07/2017

  Franz Sabalones — the self-confessed Cebuano drug lord who claimed to have reformed upon his surrender last year as soon as he figured in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug list — has apparently not changed for the…

Lawyer: Censil is not involved in drugs

Benjie Talisic 04/07/2017

The legal counsel of self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones said Manolito Censil, who was accused of being a drug lord operating in Talisay City, is not involved in the illegal drugs trade. In an exclusive interview with…

Cop chief wants to know if Sabalones quit drug trade

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/14/2017

CEBU’S top cop remains unconvinced that self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones is a changed man. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Senior Supt. Eric Noble, Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO) chief, said he wanted lawyer Louie Arma, Sabalones’s counsel,…

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