Cebu City drug dens shut down, 6 suspects arrested

Emmariel Ares 01/14/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two suspected Cebu City  drug dens were shut down by authorities in separate operations conducted hours apart on Monday, January 13, 2025. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7), with the…

Illegal drugs worth P1.5B seized across Central Visayas in 2024

Emmariel Ares 01/04/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Illegal drugs worth P1.5B were seized by law enforcers across Central Visayas in 2024 a report by the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) showed. From January 1 to December 31, 2024, the agency…

PNP: P20B worth of illegal drugs seized in 2024

Faith Argosino 12/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Over P20 billion worth of illegal drugs were seized by authorities from January to December this year, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP chief Gen. Rommel Marbil announced on Sunday that the…

Cebu City drug busts: Over P1.7M ‘shabu’ seized in one day

Emmariel Ares 12/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In only one day, authorities seized suspected shabu worth  P1,747,600 in two separate drug busts in Cebu City. The Cebu City drug busts startedd on Monday afternoon, December 16, when an anti-illegal drugs…

Cebu City drug bust: Top drug courier caught with P51M ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 12/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Law enforcers confiscated suspected shabu worth P51 million from a 57-year-old high profile drug suspect during a Cebu City drug bust on Friday, December 13. The arrested suspect was identified as Jonathan Ungria…

Cebu City: Illegal drugs worth over P489M destroyed

Emmariel Ares 11/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than P489 million worth of illegal drugs that were seized within Central Visayas were destroyed on Thursday, November 14. The confiscated pieces of drug evidence were burned at the thermal facility of…

E-bike driver in Cebu City arrested again for illegal drugs

Emmariel Ares 10/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An e-bike driver from Barangay Sawang Calero in Cebu City was apprehended for the second time during a buy bust operation in the area on Tuesday afternoon, October 15, 2024. The suspect was…

Cebu City lolas nabbed: Poverty, boredom reasons for selling drugs

Paul Lauro 10/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One sold drugs so she could buy her maintenance medicine, the other one sold and used shabu to cure her boredom. These were the reasons why two lolas, a 74-year-old widow and a…

P11.7M ‘shabu’ seized in week-long operations in Central Visayas

Emmariel Ares 10/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Relentless police operations in Central Visayas for one week led to the confiscation of suspected shabu worth over P11,000,000. These police operations were conducted across Central Visayas from September 22- 28, 2024. According…

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…

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