Authorities burn P191M worth of illegal drugs, including P120M shabu from S. African ‘drug mule’

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities here burned on Saturday, Feb. 18, at least P191 million worth of illegal drugs that were confiscated in earlier operations by anti-narcotics groups. Those burned included the P120 million drug haul  from…

‘Grade 12 student’ nabbed after he was caught allegedly smoking weed outside a Cebu City establishment

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 20-year-old man, who claimed to be a Grade 12 or senior high school student, was caught allegedly smoking weed or dried marijuana leaves outside an establishment along General Maxilom Avenue in Barangay…

PDEA-7 chief wants own thermal incinerator to hasten destruction of illegal drugs

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — If the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has its own thermal incinerator, it could hasten the destruction of seized illegal drugs. This is what Levi Ortiz, PDEA-7 director, is hoping…

Lapu jail personnel, PDLs test negative for drugs

Futch Anthony Inso 10/19/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – All 88 personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) of the Lapu-Lapu City Jail have tested negative in the surprise drug test conducted by the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention…

28 Caubian drug users to undergo community-based treatment

Futch Anthony Inso 09/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A total of 28 drug users in Barangay Caubian in Lapu-Lapu City have qualified for the Community-Based Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) of the city. Caubian, an islet of Olango Island and…

P4M worth of marijuana plants uprooted in Toledo City; cultivators escaped

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Authorities uprooted P4 million worth of fully grown marijuana plants at a plantation site located at Sitio Hikapon, Barangay General Climaco in Toledo City on Friday morning, July 22, 2022. Leia Alcantara, the…

CCPO vows unrelenting operations against illegal drugs

Mae Fhel Gom-os 11/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has vowed to continue its aggressive operations against illegal drugs that continue to proliferate in the city, a top official said on Wednesday. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert…

P6.4 M marijuana stalks uprooted in Toledo City, cultivator escapes

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police cited strong community cooperation behind the discovery and destruction on Monday, July 26, of marijuana plants worth P6.4 million in Sitio Buyong, Barangay Matab-ang, Toledo City in southwestern Cebu. Police Lieutenant…

PDEA-7 agents arrest 1, uproot P4M worth of marijuana plants in Asturias, Cebu

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 07/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fully grown marijuana plants worth P4,060,000 were uprooted on Monday, July 26, from a plantation that is located in a mountain barangay in Asturias town in midwestern Cebu. Agents of the Philippine Drug…

P20M worth of marijuana plants uprooted in Toledo City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Law enforcers uprooted a total of 50, 000 stalks of fully grown marijuana plants worth P20 million from a plantation in Toledo City. But they failed to make any arrests. Colonel Robert Lingbawan,…

LOOK: Marijuana plants worth P4.48M uprooted in Tagbao plantation

Doris C. Bongcac 05/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – More than 11, 000 stalks of fully grown marijuana plants were uprooted Monday night, May 10, in a plantation located in the mountain barangay of Tagbao in Cebu City. The marijuana plants worth…

‘Joints for jabs’: free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers

Agence France Presse 04/21/2021

NEW YORK — New Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint. Activists celebrating the recent legalization of recreational pot in New York state handed out free…

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