Cebu City: Man, who turns to drugs to make a fast buck, nabbed

Emmariel Ares 11/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A jobless man, who saw illegal drugs as a way to solve his problems on money, just made his situation worse after he got caught selling suspected shabu on Thursday afternoon, November 7,…

Cebu City drug den raid nabs four, seize P578,000 worth of shabu

Emmariel Ares 10/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities arrested four suspects, including a regional target-listed individual, during a buy-bust operation in Sitio Espekapa, Barangay Tisa in Cebu City on Friday evening, October 18. Law enforcers raided a suspected drug den…

PDEA-7 eyes possible drug links in 2025 election candidates

Pia Piquero 10/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas is closely monitoring the possible involvement of illegal drug syndicates in supporting political candidates. Now that the official filing of certificates of candidacy for…

Cebu City buy-bust: Jobless woman yields P34M ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 10/12/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A buy-bust operation along Cokaliong Street in Brgy. Carreta, Cebu City on Friday, October 11, resulted in the arrest of a 51-year-old woman and the confiscation of suspected shabu worth P34 million. The…

29 more villages in Central Visayas given drug-cleared status

Emmariel Ares 09/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – After careful deliberation, authorities have decided to give 29 more barangays in Central Visayas a drug-cleared status.  Of this number, 15 are located in Bohol, six in Negros Oriental, five in Cebu, while…

Bohol buy-bust: Man nabbed with ‘shabu’ worth P34M

Emmariel Ares 09/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – His links to a drug peddler, who was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Marigondon in Lapu-Lapu City last month, led authorities to also arrest drug suspect Robert Tiro of Tagbilaran City…

3 men nabbed inside Dumaguete City drug den

Emmariel Ares 09/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tips coming from concerned citizens helped law enforcers dismantle a suspected drug den in Zone 2, Brgy. Lo-oc in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental and arrested three drug suspects. The drug sting was conducted…

Carwash boy nabbed for running ‘drug den’ in Cebu City

Arwen Pondoc 06/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A suspected drug den in Sitio Tangkongan, Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City, was shut down while  a carwash boy, who allegedly moonlights as an alleged drug den maintainer, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon,…

Drug bust: Gov’t worker, 2 others nabbed in Bais City, NegOr

Emmariel Ares 06/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A watchman at the local government of Bais City in Negros Oriental was apprehended by law enforcers in a drug sting in Barangay I, Bais City on Friday afternoon, June 14, 2024. A…

Central Visayas buy-bust: P40.8M ‘shabu’ seized from 4 men

Emmariel Ares 06/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Law enforcers in Central Visayas apprehended four suspects, including a regional level high-value individual, and confiscated P40.8 million worth of suspected shabu in two separate buy-bust operations on Monday, June 3. Their biggest…

PDEA-7 condemns ‘unscrupulous use’ of agency’s name in Argao incident

Emmariel Ares 04/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has condemned the actions of individuals who used the agency’s name and ransacked two houses in Argao town in Cebu on Tuesday evening, April 16,…

Plea bargainer from Tagbilaran City caught with P5.2M shabu

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 04/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Chris Ipanag, 45, worked as a freelance layout artist in Tagbilaran City, Bohol after he was released from jail. On the side, the plea bargainer allegedly continued to sell illegal drugs which led…

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