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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not be deterred in his campaign to fight the drug menace, even in the face of complaints of human rights violations being hurled against his police force. In his speech during the 115th anniversary of the Police Service, the President said he is supporting the police force in their fight to suppress the drug menace since this was what he had promised even during his […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered an official investigation into allegations top police and military officers were involved in trafficking illegal drugs. Claims that senior police and military brass took kickbacks from a drug kingpin have stoked huge controversy in Indonesia, where the government is waging a war on narcotics and last month executed four convicted traffickers. Freddy Budiman — who was among the four shot by firing squad — allegedly […]
(REUTERS) — Drug experts gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday (July 05) for talks on the regulation of marijuana in the cartel-ravaged country, amidst warnings that opium production is opening up a new front in the war on drugs. The conference called Bioethics and Public Health In Marijuana Regulation brings together thinkers and leading experts in on illicit drugs. It comes after a landmark Supreme Court decision late last year that paved the way for […]
(Eagle News) — Positibo sa MDMA methylene homolog at methylenedioxycathinone ang isa sa limang namatay sa close up concert na ginanap sa Mall of Asia (MOA) open field sa Pasay City noong Mayo 22. Una nang sinabi ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) na “not fit for human at animal consumption” ang MDMA o homolog na siyang nakita sa 18 taong gulang na namatay sa nasabing concert. Kinunan ng blood sample mula sa kidneys, brain at stomach ang biktima. Ayon sa NBI, […]
(Reuters) – Police in Italy and New York broke up a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring on Tuesday, arresting 24 people accused of plotting to move hundreds of millions of dollars in drugs between South America, Italy and the United States. The sting operation involving undercover agents and wire taps offered more evidence the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta had overtaken its Sicilian cousin, the Cosa Nostra, and was trying to make inroads in the United States by forging ties with […]
