Tag: shabu

Valenzuela court upholds dismissal of P6.4-billion shabu shipment case

(Eagle News) — The Valenzuela Regional Trial Court has upheld its previous decision junking the charges filed against several individuals implicated in last year’s entry of P6.4-billion worth of illegal drugs from China. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the prosecution would therefore question the ruling of Branch 284 that upheld its April 23 decision before the Court of Appeals. In the April decision, Judge Arthur Melicor granted the motions to dismiss filed by Chinese businessman Richard Tan, Customs […]

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PDEA chief stands by claim 4 magnetic lifters discovered in Cavite contained P6.8 billion worth of shabu

(Eagle News) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Aug. 30, stood by his claim the four magnetic lifters that his agency discovered in Cavite recently contained shabu amounting to P6.8 billion. Speaking before the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs that is conducting a motu proprio investigation into the recent shabu smuggling incidents in the country, Aquino said that even if results of a swab test showed something was negative of drugs, it doesn’t […]

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UPDATED2: P40 million worth of shabu seized in Manila hotel room raid; Taiwanese arrested

(Eagle News) — The police on Friday, Aug. 24, arrested a Taiwanese national after seizing around P40 million worth of suspected shabu in a raid in his hotel room in Manila. According to the police, the six kilograms of suspected shabu had been placed in seven plastic bags in the room of Chong Chin Hao in the hotel on P. Mapua St. in Binondo. Authorities also recovered drug paraphernalia  inside a suitcase in the room, […]

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Rookie cop nabbed in buy-bust operation in Taguig

By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service A policeman was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Police said P01 Jeffrey Amador, who was assigned at PCP1 until he was relieved, was nabbed by operatives of the Southern Police District drug unit after his own wife Michelle reported his activities. Michelle said her husband would hurt her every time she called him out for his illegal activities. Seized from the suspect were […]

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Duterte: Claim empty lifters recovered in Cavite contained P6.8 billion worth of shabu “pure speculation”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 14, said there was no proof there was shabu worth P6.8 billion in the lifters found in Cavite recently. “I’d like to address myself to all government agencies. Iyong sabi nila na those they found that the metal… But they opened it, there was none. It was pure speculation,” Duterte said, dismissing the Philippine Drug Enforcment Agency’s claim. The President made the statement after Customs Chief Isidro Lapeña […]

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Three alleged drug pushers nabbed in QC; over P7 million worth of party drugs, shabu seized

(Eagle News) — Over P7 million worth of party drugs and shabu were seized from three individuals in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Wednesday night. According to the police, seized from Hazel Grace Antonio, 21; Rafael Antonio, 21; and Warren Echano, 34; were 2,756 ecstasy tablets worth P4, 134,000; 248 ecstasy capsules worth P496,000; eight bottles of liquid ecstasy worth P250,000; a container with six liters of liquid ecstasy worth P1,200,000; and 100 […]

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Over P40 million worth of suspected shabu recovered in Manila; suspect arrested

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The police on Thursday, July 5, confiscated more than P40 million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride in Manila. Joint forces of the National Capital Region Police Office and the Manila Police District arrested Joshir Bernardo after confiscating the seven kilograms of suspected shabu from him in a buy-bust operation in San Andres Bukid. “During the buy-bust, ang napag-usapan one kilo (ng droga worth) P900,000 (ang bibilhin ng poseur-buyer)..Upon inspection […]

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Alleged drug syndicate leader killed in buy-bust operation in Laguna

(Eagle News) — The alleged leader of a drug syndicate was killed in a buy-bust operation in Laguna on Thursday, June 28, the police said. Authorities said Gaudencio Rojo III, leader of the Rojo Drug Group, was killed by police who retaliated after he shot at them upon sensing he was transacting with a police-poseur buyer in Barangay San Vicente, San Pedro, past 12 a.m. The police said Rojo died as he was being brought to […]

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Mahigit P2M halaga ng shabu at tatlong baril nasabat sa buy-bust operation sa Quezon City

(Eagle News) — Nasabat sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) ang aabot sa mahigit na P2 milyong halaga ng shabu sa Quezon City Martes ng gabi. Target ng isinagawang operasyon sa Katipunan Avenue ang isang Jayson Lagumbay at ang iba pa nitong mga kasamahan na sina Jorge Golfo, Leonardo Jacinto, isang alyas Jay maging ang dalawa pang mga menor de edad na pinag-hihinalaaang ginagawang mga drug courier. Napag-alaman naman ng mga […]

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Paolo Duterte to sue Trillanes for libel

(Eagle News) —  Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said he would file complaints against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for “viciously destroying my name, maligning my reputation and integrity, and for deliberately manufacturing lies and spreading black propaganda against me.” The libel charges stem from Trillanes’ statements implicating the presidential son in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess in May 2017 last year. Trillanes had alleged in a Senate inquiry into the shabu shipment mess that […]

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Mother, son nabbed after P163-M shabu seized in Manila

(Eagle News) — A mother and her son were arrested after anti-drug operatives seized shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride worth P163 million in a buy-bust operation in Sta. Ana, Manila on Tuesday, June 12. The Northern Police District reported that Ruby Calabio, 61, and Ian Akira Calabio, 20, were arrested for possession of a luggage bag containing 24 kilograms of shabu that were wrapped in tea packaging. According to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General […]

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PDEA seizes P74.8 M worth of shabu in Cavite and Paranaque

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday, June 5, seized P74.8 million worth of illegal drugs in Paranaque City and Cavite province. The 11 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) were confiscated in two separate “controlled delivered operations” in Barangay San Martin De Porres in Parañaque and in San Nicolas in Bacoor, Cavite. The anti-drug operations were launched following a Bureau of Customs tip that there were suspicious packages brought to the […]

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