Cebu COSAP to strengthen rehabilitation of drug users and pushers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There remains a lot to be done to address the drug problem in Cebu City. This was the statement of Mayor Edgardo Labella after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7)…

COVID-19 hits PDEA chief Villanueva

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 03/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General Wilkins Villanueva on Sunday disclosed that he is positive for COVID-19. https://www.facebook.com/wilkins.villanueva/posts/3795045350582478 “As I was preparing for the Senate Inquiry on Monday, I took my RT-PCR at the…

Barbers: No PNP – PDEA shootout if there was proper coordination

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 02/26/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The shootout between the operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) would not have happened if there was proper coordination, Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert…

Farmer-turned-tipster leads law enforcers to P8.7M marijuana plantations in Asturias

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A concerned citizen’s conscience led law enforcers to uproot over 20,000 fully grown marijuana stalks in Asturias town, northwest Cebu. Cops from the Cebu Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU), Provincial Police Office (CPPO), Provincial…

Mandaue buy-bust yields P1.4M shabu, HVI arrested

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/10/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – About P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu were confiscated in a buy-bust operation conducted on Tuesday afternoon, February 9, 2021, in Zone 2, Upper Canduman, here. The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) Station…

Mambaling buy-bust: Cabbie, lineman caught with P748K shabu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A cabbie or taxi driver and a lineman, who allegedly moonlight as drug traders, were caught with P748,000 worth of suspected shabu during a police anti-drug operation in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City at…

Negros Oriental’s top 4 drug personality falls

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/06/2021

Joel Deimos Cimafranca (seated right), a security guard and Negros Oriental’s top 4 drug personality was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021, in Dumaguete City. | contributed photo CEBU CITY, Philippines —…

COSAP: Ecstasy users in Cebu City Hall, barangays draw PDEA’s concern

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) has expressed concern over the number of ecstasy, or euphoria-inducing illegal drugs, among City Hall employees and barangay workers. COSAP head Jonah John Rodriguez…

P6.9M worth of ‘shabu’ seized from female suspect with ties at Cebu City Jail

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – One kilogram of illegal drugs believed to be shabu was seized from a female suspect in an early morning buy-bust on Thursday, November 19, 2020, here.  Operatives from the Cebu City Police’s Intelligence…

Drug syndicates going online, PDEA agent tells lawmakers

Nestor Corrales - Reporter / @NCorralesINQ 11/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines—Online selling platforms and transport network services (TNVS) “are being exploited” by drug syndicates for their illegal trade, according to an official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday (Nov. 9). “This pandemic may…

5,903 drug war deaths as of September – PDEA

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 11/06/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Forty-seven more drug suspects were killed in anti-drug operations nationwide in August and September, raising the drug war death toll from the start of the Duterte administration up to September this year  to…

PDEA-7 nabs drug personality in Sibonga, Cebu

Immae Lachica 08/19/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— A man listed under the drug watch list in Sibonga, Cebu is now behind bars. Delfin Edwin B. Sarda, alias Tatay, was arrested during a buy-bust operation by members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement…

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