Tag: PDEA

600 barangay officials, maaaring sampahan ng kaso dahil sa kabiguang malabanan ang droga – DILG

(Eagle News) — Nasa 600 karagdagang barangay officials pa ang maaaring sampahan ng kaso ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Dahil umano ito sa kabiguang tumulong sa war on drugs ng gobyerno kahit na mayroon silang na-organisang Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils o BADAC. Ayon kay Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño, ang mga nasabing opisyal ng barangay ay nakapag-organisa na ng BADAC ngunit hindi naman ito functional. Ang listahan aniya ng mga opisyal ng […]

PDEA releases validated “narco-list” of barangay officials

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday, April 30, released the validated list of barangay officials allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities. PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino said the names of 207 individuals in the list was validated by four government agencies. Of the 207, 90 were barangay captains and 117 were barangay kagawad. PDEA said the most number of involved barangay officials was in Region 5, with 70. This, PDEA said, was […]

PDEA: Charges vs barangay officials engaged in illegal drug activities to be filed “in a week or two”

Narco-list not a “hit list,” PDEA chief assures (Eagle News)—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday, April 30, said charges would be filed against barangay officials allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities “in a week or two.” PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino made the statement as he assured the public that the list was not a “hit list.” “We want to be legitimate in our operations, we want our operations to be transparent,” he said. Aquino […]

“It’s not yet time” to release “narco-list” of barangay officials, Duterte says

(Eagle News)–“Not yet.” President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, April 29, said it was not yet time to release the list containing the names of barangay officials allegedly engaged in illegal drug  activities. Earlier, Philippine Drug  Enforcement Agency director general Aaron Aquino said it was the Palace itself that told him to release the list containing over 200 names this week. “Not yet. It is not time. I have to get back all those who want […]

PDEA to release this week the names of barangay officials allegedly engaged in drug activities

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is slated to release this week the names of over 200 barangay officials who are allegedly engaged in illegal drug activities. In a press conference, PDEA director general Aaron Aquino said it was Malacañang itself that ordered him to release the 211 names. The figure, he said, was a decrease from the 293 names included in the original narco-list of  President Rodrigo Duterte. Forty-one […]

Three nabbed in buy-bust operation in Pasay mall parking lot

Around P5 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have arrested three individuals in a buy-bust operation in a Pasay mall parking lot on Tuesday. Also seized from Aladin Amiril Salilagia, and husband-and-wife Abner and Malina Nano in the operation held at 11:30 a.m. was P5 million worth of shabu. The three–who were the subjects of a surveillance weeks before–are alleged members of the Ameril drug group that operates in […]

PDEA releases over P13 million in reward money to deserving PDEA units, informants

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has released over P13 million as reward money to its deserving operating units and private informants. The PDEA Special Enforcement Service, PDEA Intelligence and Investigation Service, PDEA Region 3, PDEA Region 12 and PDEA National Capital Region received over P6 million for their successful anti-drug operations. The PDEA SES received the biggest reward of P3.5 million for its discovery and dismantling of a shabu […]

Authorities to probe claims of possible link between drug lords, some human rights groups

(Eagle News) — Authorities will investigate claims drug lords were using some human rights groups to discredit the government’s war on drugs. “This has been a recent finding. So we will coordinate with our counterparts from (the Philippine National Police), (National Bureau of Investigation) and all other agencies including intelligence agencies kung kailangan,” Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director Derrick Carreon said in a press conference in Malacanang on Tuesday. According to Carreon, “any damage to […]

Buntis arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa Calbayog City, Samar

  CALBAYOG CITY, Samar (Eagle News) – Isang buntis ang naaresto sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng mga otoridad sa Calbayog City kamakailan. Kinilala ang suspek na si Jenny Cadion, alyas Jing-jing, 31. Nang matanggap ni Cadion ang P3,000 na  marked money mula sa poseur-buyer ay hinuli na ito ng  pinagsanib na pwersa ng Calbayog City Police Station at ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa Purok 1, Brgy. Capoocan. Narekober mula sa suspek ang apat na pirasong […]

NBI arrests fake PDEA agent in Cainta, Rizal

(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested a woman believed to be part of a group whose members pose as agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for extortion activities. NBI Deputy Director Ferdinand Lavin said Jai Sunshine Chua was arrested in an operation in Cainta, Rizal, on March 9. Posing as PDEA agents, Chua and her alleged nine cohorts identified as JR Ordonez, Anthony Ordonez, Michael Corpuz, Junjun Patawi,  Ryan Bonn Singson […]

Barangay chairman na high-value target ng PNP-Tarlac, arestado

TARLAC CITY, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Bumagsak sa mga kamay ng mga tauhan ng Tarlac Police Provincial Office (TPPO) ang isang barangay chairman na  high-value target (HVT) umano ng mga otoridad. Ito ay matapos na maaresto siya mismo sa kaniyang tahanan sa bisa ng search warrant na inisyu ng  Regional Trial Court, Branch 66 ng Capas. Sa report ni Police Supt. Luis M. Ventura, hepe ng Tarlac Provincial Intelligence Bureau (PIB) kay Police Senior Supt. […]

PDEA nabs two alleged members of African drug cartel

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Saturday announced the arrest of two Nigerians who were allegedly members of an African drug cartel operating in Bicol and the Calabarzon area. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said Agu Agustin Chukwuebuka and Nkwocha Chimaobi were nabbed after they sold 11 sachets  containing 500 grams of what was believed to be shabu  to a poseur-buyer in a parking lot of a fast food in Talaba, Bacoor, Cavite. […]