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(Eagle News) — More than P4 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed by authorities in Cebu on Monday. The Philippine National Police said the more or less 11,200 fully-grown marijuana plants uprooted by PNP operatives and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Sitio Sampinitan, Brgy. Tagba-o had an estimated value of P4,480,000. The plants were situated on a 800 sqm space owned by a certain Boy Ardimer, the PNP said. It said manhunt operations […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P4.6 million worth of marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Tarlac on Sunday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation were Cornelio Chumil-Ang, 33; Jomar Pallar, 24; and Marcelino Caraowa, 40. The PNP said the apart from the illegal drugs, seized from the suspects were two bottles of suspected cannabis oil with an estimated value of P30,000, one Samsung cellphone, one Vivo cellphone, […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has seized over P800,000 worth of illegal drugs from three people in separate operations in Bataan and Bulacan. The PNP said the P810,000 worth of shabu and marijuana were seized from Klayron Nico Santos, 31; Ronniel Sanchez, 21; and Robin Gabriel Llanes, 19; on Thursday. First to be arrested were Santos and Sanchez at 10:45 p.m. Santos, a high-value drug target; and Sanchez, a student, were apprehended in Balanga after […]
Four arrested (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has seized P13.4 million worth of illegal drugs in separate operations in Cavite and Nueva Ecija. In a statement, the PNP said also arrested during the operations were four suspected drug pushers. Of the four, the PNP said Aina Elias Maamor alias Uking, 20; Sittie Ambuludto Pagayao, 30; and Michael Ordoñez Romualdez alias Bossing, 33, were arrested by the PNP-Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit 3 […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized over 100 bottles of liquid marijuana in Pasay. The bureau said the 116 bottles were intercepted recently at the Central Mail Exchange Center and had been declared as “dietary supplements.” There were different consignees for the packages, the bureau said. The bureau said all seized packages were turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency “for further investigation and case build up.” It said charges for […]
(Eagle News) — Two individuals were arrested in Batangas over a high-grade shipment of marijuana sent through parcel service from the United States. The Philippine National Police said arrested were vape store owner John Yengle Hernandez, 29; and Van Joshua Magpantay, 29; after they received the package containing 500 grams of kush marijuana. The parcel, which the PNP said was sent by one Nina Manual from California and was consigned to one Demetria Escalona, had […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police destroyed P14 million worth of marijuana during the holidays. In a statement, PNP Chief Debold Sinas said that for the month of December alone, these operations were carried out by the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in 17 separate cultivation sites and clandestine farms in the region. “These operations resulted (in) the destruction of some 73,192 fully-grown marijuana plants and 3,847 Marijuana seedlings with a combined street value of P14,792,280.00,” […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs has said it has arrested the claimant of a parcel containing P808,000 worth of high-grade marijuana. In a statement, the bureau said one Kevin Quimpo Dela Cruz was nabbed after he claimed the 500 grams of illegal drugs from a warehouse in Pasay. Prior to that, authorities had already discovered the parcel, which had been misdeclared as “4m kids labs remote control detector robot kit,” already contained the illegal drugs […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P3.1 million worth of high-grade marijuana, the BOC said on Monday, June 22. In a statement, the BOC said its personnel assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport discovered the kush in a parcel sent via the Central Mail Exchange Center. Authorities have intensified their profiling of parcels and cargoes arriving via air in view of what they said was the concealment of illegal drugs in […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is “absolutely” against the legalization of marijuana, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo reiterated on Tuesday, March 12. Panelo issued the statement three days after Duterte himself said he did not want the legalization, saying unscrupulous individuals might use the “for medicinal purposes only” as an excuse to grow the illegal drugs for distribution to customers who use them for leisure. “I asked him outright. Sabi ko, Mr. President, ‘yung sa legalization of […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, March 8, said he would not support the legalization of marijuana. The President’s statement ran counter to his previous statements of support for the drug, which he then said was already an “ingredient of modern medicine.” In his speech at a PDP-Laban campaign rally in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Duterte said he does “not intend to legalize it” at least “not in my time.” “Ayaw ko. Gawain mo lang excuse ‘yan […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand is poised to start its first tests of cannabis oil on patients, a health official said Friday, as excitement swirls around a new industry that could create money-making avenues for entrepreneurs while offering relief for suffering patients. Marijuana has been used as a traditional herb for centuries in Thailand but was banned decades ago. The junta’s rubber-stamp parliament voted in December to legalise it for medical purposes. Thailand is […]
