PDEA-7 welcomes creation of task force against entry of illegal drugs in CV

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The impending creation of a task force against the entry of illegal drugs in Central Visayas will strengthen existing interdiction efforts by authorities. The task force will allow authorities to tap the help…

Mandaue police: 10 more barangays to be declared drug-cleared soon

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/17/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) is hopeful that the other 10 barangays in the city will be declared drug-cleared soon. Police Lieutenant Colonel Franc Rudolf Oriol, MCPO deputy city director for operations…

Ahong wants entire Olango Island drug cleared in 2023

Futch Anthony Inso 11/11/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — It may sound ambitious, but Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan is hopeful that Olango Island would be drug-cleared next year. Olango island is composed of 11 barangays, namely: Baring, Caohagan, Pangan-an, Sta.…

BOC-Port of Cebu beefs up security against illegal drugs

PR 10/27/2022

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu has recently met with officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 7 (PDEA-7) to discuss collaborative measures to prevent the smuggling of illegal drugs into the country. District Collector…

PDEA-7 intensify interdiction efforts for long weekend

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 10/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) intensify their interdiction efforts in seaports, airports, and terminals in the region against illegal drug transport. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, said that…

Tanjay LGU worker nabbed with P68K ‘shabu’

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A utility worker of the Tanjay City Hall in Negros Oriental was nabbed with at least 10 grams of suspected shabu worth P68,000 when agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central…

Three men nabbed inside drug den in Lapu-Lapu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three individuals were arrested while another suspected drug den was shut down in Barangay Gun-ob in Lapu-Lapu City, on Saturday evening, Oct. 22. This drug den so far is the 48th drug den…

BOC Port of Cebu beefs up security to prevent smuggling of illegal drugs

Doris C. Bongcac 10/22/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — In support of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia’s ‘all-out war’ against illegal drugs, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu is also trying to beef up security at the different ports under its jurisdiction. “The…

P608,000 worth of shabu seized from ‘masyador’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2022

MANILA, Philippines—A cockpit bet collector, locally known as masyador, landed in jail after anti-narcotics agents caught him selling illegal drugs during a drug bust in Cebu City last Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

Woman yields P34M ‘shabu’ in Lapu drug bust

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 10/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around P34 million worth of ‘shabu’ weighing at least five kilos were confiscated from a woman during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, on Friday afternoon, Oct. 14. Police Brigadier General…

10 kilos of ‘shabu’, 950 grams of dried marijuana leaves turned over to PDEA-7

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 10/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 10 kilos of ‘shabu’ and 950 grams of dried marijuana leaves were turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas. In a report,  Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of PDEA-7,…

49 barangays, 1 town apply for drug clearing in Central Visayas

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Forty-nine more barangays and one municipality in Central Visayas have applied for drug clearing assessment. These areas were from Cebu Province, Negros Oriental, and Bohol. If the applications of the 49 barangays and…

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