DAVAO CITY — A municipal councilor managed to elude arrest while a barangay councilman was arrested when anti-narcotics operatives swooped down on the Davao Occidental town of Jose Abad Santos Friday…
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DOH eyes to register vapes as drugs
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) plans to regulate the use of vapes or e-cigarettes by registering them as drugs, an official said Monday. “We want it [the vape liquid]…
PDEA, BOC to beef up coordination vs. drug smuggling
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) vowed to strengthen partnership to intensify the government’s campaign against smuggling of illegal drugs into the country. This,…
Duterte to reward cops who killed boss involved in drugs
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has offered rewards to “any policeman” who can catch or even kill a superior involved in illegal drug trade. Duterte made the offer as he commended…
Malacañang hits HRW proposal to probe cops’ liability in drug war
MANILA — Malacañang on Tuesday slammed the proposal of Human Rights Watch (HRW) urging the Duterte administration to create an independent commission to investigate the alleged involvement of police personnel in…
Lapeña to look into PHP11-B missing shabu ‘very seriously’
MANILA — Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Thursday vowed to look “very seriously” into a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) report that the missing “shabu” (crystal meth) in…
PRRD orders arrest of ex-BOC intel exec over ‘shabu’ shipment
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday ordered the arrest of resigned Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban for allegedly allowing the entry of tons of suspected “shabu” stashed…
‘Shabu’ seized in Manila port, recent ops have same profile: PDEA
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday reiterated that samples from the intercepted “shabu” (crystal meth) shipment at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) and evidence seized from…
Lapeña won’t quit as Customs chief
MANILA — Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Tuesday shrugged off calls for his resignation. “I’m not (resigning). I still have a marching order I still have to…
5 killed, 3 nabbed in Nueva Ecija anti-drugs ops
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — At least five suspected drug peddlers were killed and three others were arrested in intensified anti-drug operations conducted by various police stations in Nueva Ecija Wednesday…
Newly-identified drug suspect in Bacolod yields P5.1-M in ‘shabu’
BACOLOD CITY — A newly-identified drug personality in this city yielded PHP5.1 million worth of “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust at Purok Kabulakan 1, Barangay Singcang-Airport on Thursday night, according…
Woman attempts to smuggle shabu into QC jail for boyfriend
MANILA — The Quezon City police arrested a woman for trying to smuggle in drugs to her jailed live-in partner on Wedneday. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, Chief Supt. Joselito…
Pangasinan cop chief to intensify fight vs. drugs, criminals
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The province’s new acting police director, Senior Superintendent Wilson Lopez, has vowed to strengthen operations against illegal drugs and criminality in the province. “One of our President’s main…
P0.337-M worth of assorted drugs seized in Mandaluyong
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized an estimated PHP337,500 worth of assorted illegal drugs and paraphernalia and arrested six suspects after raiding a condominium unit in Mandaluyong City…
Over 70% of Americans see drugs as serious problem
WASHINGTON — People who believe drugs pose a serious problem in the United States rose for the first time in a decade to 71 percent, a Gallup study released on Wednesday…
Hunt on for drug escapee
ZAMBOANGA CITY — A manhunt has been launched to recapture an escapee from the correctional and rehabilitation center in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, an official said Saturday. Subject…
Rehab of Dagupan drug users under Masa Masid program on
DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 15 — Rehabilitation of drug surrenderers under the Masa Masid (Mamamayan Ayaw sa Anomalya, Mamamayan Away sa Droga) is now going on in earnest in Dagupan City.…
Ifugao drug surrenderers thank President Duterte for chance to ‘fix our lives’
BAGUIO CITY –- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has changed the lives of 106 drug dependents in Ifugao when he opened the doors for them to voluntarily surrender and avail of…