Espenido: Bato’s order for Albuera drug war meant killing suspects

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/28/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Police Col. Jovie Espenido, a central figure in the Duterte administration’s drug war, on Wednesday claimed that then-Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald Dela Rosa’s order to rid Albuera, Leyte of illegal drugs meant…

Bohol buy-bust yields P510,000 of ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 08/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 23-year-old man, described as a high-value target, was caught with suspected shabu estimated to be worth P510,000 during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Bool, Tagbilaran City in Bohol province on Wednesday evening,…

49 more villages in Central Visayas now drug-cleared barangays

Emmariel Ares 08/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 49 more villages in Central Visayas are now drug-cleared barangays as of July 31, 2024, a drug-clearing body revealed. The announcement of the drug-cleared barangays was made by the Regional…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust: 4 suspects nabbed inside drug den

Marielle Surigao 07/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tips from concerned citizens led to the arrest of four suspects inside a drug den in Zone Lato, Barangay Kalawisan, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Wednesday afternoon, July 17. According to authorities, the Lapu-Lapu…

Barangay councilor from Pinamungajan, Cebu nabbed for drugs

Emmariel Ares 06/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An active barangay councilor of Tutay, Pinamungajan, Cebu landed in jail after he was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for drug charges in Aloguinsan town on Thursday morning, June 20,…

Cebu City shooting: Man attacked due to illegal drugs

Futch Anthony Inso 06/17/2024

CEBU, Philippines — An 18-year-old man was recuperating in a hospital, after he was allegedly shot by his friend for coming up short several times in paying for the illegal drugs the man allegedly bought from his…

PDEA-7 burns P374.6M illegal drugs from Central Visayas

Emmariel Ares 06/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Multiple packs of illegal drugs worth over P374.6 million were destroyed by law enforcers in Central Visayas on Thursday afternoon, June 6, 2024. The destruction activity was held at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes…

Cops seize illegal drugs from 16-year-old boy in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 05/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City police seized illegal drugs from a 16-year-old boy during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City on Wednesday evening, May 22. The minor, who was the subject of the buy-bust…

Man stabs self to death while high on drugs in Cebu City – police

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 05/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police in Cebu City said that the man who was found lifeless along the Maria Gochan Street in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on Thursday afternoon, May 16, took his own life while high…

HVI nabbed with P8.1M of suspected illegal drugs in Talisay, Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso 05/10/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu–A high-value individual (HVI) in the illegal drug trade was arrested in a buybust operation in Sitio San Rafael, Brgy. Tangke in Talisay City, Cebu at around 4:35 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2024. The…

19 drug dens in CV shut down in a span of 4 months – PDEA-7

Emmariel Ares 05/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 19 drug dens from all over Central Visayas were successfully shut down by authorities in a span of 4 months. Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

Police after 2 groups smuggling illegal drugs

Emmariel Ares 03/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police are currently monitoring the activities of two groups believed to be behind the smuggling of illegal drugs in Central Visayas. “Right now, we are monitoring at least two groups in Central Visayas.…

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