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(Eagle News)–The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, March 12, said it was investigating two celebrities whose names were seen in the phone of a big-time party drugs dealer who was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday night. PDEA refused to identify the celebrities whose names figured in the phone of Steven Pasion, saying a case build-up was still ongoing. The authorities said they were also looking at the possibility the names were mere […]
(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) — 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 […]
Four people arrested (Eagle News) — Authorities seized around P3.5 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday, Feb. 7. The National Capital Region Police Office said the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives also arrested Ruby Balani, Mary Jane Duran, Joshua Salazar, and Mineya Amorine in their joint operation in an apartelle on Araneta Ave. in Cubao. Confiscated from the suspects were 500 grams of shabu with a street value […]
(Eagle News) — A joint committee that looked into the shipment of shabu found in magnetic lifters last year has cleared former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña of any liability. The committees on dangerous drugs and good government, and public accountability instead recommended the filing of charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against Jimmy Guban, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. and former Senior […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Customs have agreed to create a joint special task force against the entry of illegal drugs. The partnership was formalized in a memorandum of agreement signed between PDEA chief Aaron Aquino and Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Thursday, Jan. 31. According to Aquino, under the agreement, PDEA operatives would be allowed to conduct random inspections on the entry of controlled precursors and essential […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has filed charges against the parents of the minors who were rescued during anti-illegal drug operations in Navotas. Charges for violation of Section 10 of Republic Act 7610 or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act as well as violation of Article 59 of the Presidential Decree No. 603 or the Child and Youth Welfare Code were filed against Joland Fernandez Sta. Maria, Geralyn Gulles Patalita, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is slated to file charges against the parents of the minors who were rescued in a drug operation in Navotas last week. In a statement, PDEA director general Aaron Aquino said the parents of the minors–aged 4 years old to 15 years old—should be held liable for violation of Republic Act 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act. Aquino said, after all, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet the 12 minors who were being used as drug couriers and were “rescued” by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Navotas. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino made the revelation in a radio interview on Friday, Jan. 18. According to Aquino, the meeting could take place next week. “Hindi niya akalain na yung mga ganung edad ay ginagamit na as couriers,” Aquino said, noting that Duterte […]
Urges PDEA to help send the minors to Bahay Pag-Asa instead (Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Jan. 18, slammed what she said was the parading of minors before the media so authorities could “brag about their presumed accomplishments and earn ‘brownie points.’” De Lima made the statement after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency nabbed 28 suspected drug offenders, including 12 minors from four to 15 years old, in Navotas on Jan. […]
(Eagle News) – -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that part of the huge shabu shipment taken from the magnetic lifters that were found in General Mariano Alvarez in Cavite, had not only spread in Metro Manila, but could have reached as far as Mindanao. The announcement came after some illegal drugs that were seized in an operation in Mindanao showed similarities with the methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, that were confiscated from […]
(Eagle News) — Criminal charges were filed on Thursday, Dec. 13, against 44 individuals implicated in the shabu shipment that were hidden in magnetic lifters discovered in Manila and Cavite this year. Among those charged for conspiracy to commit illegal drug importation, trade and transportation, for graft, obstruction of justice, among others, were former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Gonzales Fajardo Jr., former Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban, Insp. Lito Pirote, […]
