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…

PDEA-7, Operation Lawmen awardee, gets P528K reward

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/27/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — For their successful marijuana eradication operation in November 2019, the office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) received a P528,000 reward from their head office. The PDEA-7 team…

PDEA-7 director says coordination with barangay will help deter illegal drug traders

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Constant coordination with barangay (village) officials will be key to deterring illegal drug traders. This was what Levi Ortiz, the director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7), had to…

PDEA arrests beautician in Lapu for drugs

Immae Lachica 06/09/2020

    CEBU CITY, Philippines— A target-listed drug personality in Lapu-Lapu City was nabbed by members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency of Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. PDEA-7 agents apprehended Primo Yagong Estardo,…

4 ‘retired’ PDEA narcotics detection dogs up for adoption

Doris C. Bongac 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Four narcotics detection dogs (NDDs) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have already retired from service. Now, the PDEA is looking for new homes and a new family who can take care…

P6.8M worth of illegal drugs seized in Marawi

Froilan Gallardo 01/30/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental —Joint operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade seized more that a kilo of shabu from two suspected drug peddlers in Marawi City, Lanao…

Lawyer nabbed at Mactan airport for possession of marijuana

Norman V. Mendoza 11/15/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A 65-year-old lawyer was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Mactan-Cebu International Airport Domestic Terminal for possession of suspected dried Marijuana leaves, which were placed in a cigarette…

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