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Over P2 million worth of “shabu” seized, five arrested (Eagle News) — One suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Thursday, March 7, that also yielded over P2 million worth of suspected shabu. The Quezon City Police District said Alex Abdul, alias Manila Boy, was killed in the shootout that ensued after Abdul fired at authorities who were out to arrest him in Barangay South Signal Village at 1:27 p.m. […]
(Eagle News)–A policeman was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Manila on Thursday night. The National Capital Region Police Office identified the suspect as Patrolman Ferdinand Rafael, who was assigned at the District Admin Holding Unit of the Manila Police District. The operation in Sampaloc against Rafael stemmed from a concerned citizen’s complaint the policeman frequented his room to try to sell him illegal drugs. Recovered from Rafael were 11 small packs of suspected worth […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, March 5, vouched for the integrity of the government’s narco-list, saying foreign governments had supplied the Philippines with intel through wiretapping. “Ang magagaling diyan Israel, magaling diyan America, Russia, China….Kung tayo lang, eh wala, kopong-kopong pa yata iyong mga instrumento natin,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, while the Anti-Wiretapping Law considers wiretapping an illegal act without the authorization by a court, no law says the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 60 politicians who figure in the government’s narco-list are gunning for reelection in the May elections, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino said. According to Aquino, 64, in particular, filed their certificates of candidacy for the upcoming polls. He said there were 82 names in the narco-list. Aquino said, however, that there may be more than the 82 engaged in illegal drug activities. In a radio interview, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said […]
(Eagle News) — The narco-list of candidates allegedly engaged in drug-related activities may be released by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año next week. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who gave a radio interview on Tuesday, March 5. According to Panelo, the plan was to release the list and file administrative and criminal charges against those on the list at the same time. “Sabi ni Secretary Año , inihahanda na yung mga ififile na kaso,” Panelo […]
(Eagle News)–A brick of suspected cocaine was found near the shoreline of Baler in Aurora early Sunday, March 3. According to the police, the cocaine, which was wrapped in black plastic with a “Lexus” marking, was discovered by a construction worker in Barangay Reserva around 7:30 a.m. Bricks of the suspected illegal drugs have been recovered in Philippine waters in the past months, with President Rodrigo Duterte blaming the international drug cartel for this. The […]
(Eagle News)—A Makati City prosecutor has junked the charges filed against three lawyers who were arrested at a bar where illegal drugs were recovered in August last year. In dismissing the charges for constructive possession of illegal drugs, obstruction of justice, and for resistance and disobedience against lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Romel Odronia said the police, who acted as complainants, “failed to discharge their burden […]
(Eagle News) — A total of 5,176 drug personalities were killed in the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019. In a press conference, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said 170,689 drug suspects were arrested in the 119,841 anti-illegal drugs operations conducted since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the post. Based on the government’s figures, P19.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in January 2019 alone, an increase […]
(Eagle News) –The Philippine National Police on Thursday, Feb. 28, said the “internal cleansing” of its ranks was ongoing. PNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Bernard Banac issued the statement in a radio interview after a Social Weather Stations survey found majority of Filipinos believe some policemen themselves were behind the illegal drug trade and behind extrajudicial killings. “Patuloy ang ating internal cleansing, yung ating kampanya dito, lahat ng mga pulis na may pagkakamali, pagkakasala at paglabas […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Department of Health doctor in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Apart from Dr. Vanjoe de Guzman, medical officer IV at the DOH National Capital Region office, also arrested in the midnight operation in his own unit in California Garden Condominium in Barangay Highway Hills were Keanu Andrea Flores, a varsity lawn tennis player at Colegio de San Juan de Letran; and Francis […]
(Eagle News) — Nais na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na tuluyan nang wakasan ang problema sa iligal na droga sa bansa. Ito ang reaksyon ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Director General Oscar Albayalde sa pahayag ng Pangulo na mas magiging madugo ang kampanya laban sa iligal na droga. Pero nilinaw ni Albayalde na ito ay ipatutupad ng Pangulo na makatarungan at nilinaw din ng Pangulo sa kaniyang pahayag na hindi ibig sabihin nito na […]
(Eagle News)–At least 36 kilograms of cocaine were found off Davao Oriental on Sunday, Feb. 24. The P200 million worth of illegal drugs was apart from the 34 kilograms of cocaine found off Surigao del Sur on the same day. The illegal drugs off Davao Oriental have been brought to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 11. President Rodrigo Duterte has said international drug cartels were behind the illegal drugs found floating off Philippine waters. […]
