Alegado eyes drug-cleared status for Consolacion

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/15/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—The local government of Consolacion in Cebu hopes to become a drug cleared town soon. Consolacion Mayor Teresa “Nene” Alegado said she hopes that the town would be declared a drug cleared and that barangays…

Lapu-Lapu to give P50K cash incentives each to police, PDEA for successful drug ops

Futch Anthony Inso 06/21/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government will give P50,000 in cash incentives each to the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) due to the two agencies’ successful anti-drug abuse…

Residents living near coastlines urged: Help PDEA-7 monitor areas for illegal activities

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents living near the vast shorelines in the region are encouraged monitor their respective areas and report to authorities any possible suspicious activities there. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, made the appeal because this…

Bakilid is drug-cleared barangay

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/28/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Barangay Bakilid in Mandaue City has been declared a drug cleared barangay by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Tuesday, September, 28,…

Mute habal-habal driver, 5 others nabbed inside Cebu City drug den

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) dismantled another drug den on Friday morning, September 10, which resulted in the arrest of at least six individuals including a mute habal-habal driver in Sitio Plastikan,…

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…

P340k worth of drugs seized in Barangay Carreta, top shabu supplier nabbed in Ginatilan

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 02/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P340,000 were seized by authorities from one Zosimo Sotelliza Jr., during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, at 6 p.m. today, February 4,…

P2.3 million worth of drugs concealed in ‘undeliverable’ parcels uncovered in Mandaue Post Office

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/26/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Some P2.3 million worth of dangerous drugs, mostly regulated anti-depressants and pain relievers concealed in undeliverable parcels were discovered at the Mandaue Central Post Office on January 25, 2021. Agents from the Philippine…

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…

P6.8-M worth of illegal drugs seized in Dumaguete City

Florence Baesa 12/22/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Illegal drugs with an estimated value of P6.8 million were seized from Norman Castillo, 29, in a buy-bust operation conducted in Purok Makiangayon, Barangay Camanjac here at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, December…

P340-K worth of illegal drugs seized from 17-year-old boy

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 17-year-old boy was the target of a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) at Lower Kawayan, Barangay Sambag 2 around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November…

PDEA to intensify inspections in ports, terminals as Holy Week draws near

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Expect K9 units and teams from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in seaports, airports and bus terminals as the observance of Holy Week draws near. Leia Albiar, information officer…

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