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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray found more than one kilogram of cocaine in her stomach wrapped in scores of small packets. The woman was stopped by officials late Wednesday night at Phuket’s international airport after landing on a flight from Doha. An X-ray revealed more than 60 small packages in her stomach, filled with 1.2 […]
by Patrick Lee Agence France-Presse SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) — An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was Wednesday cleared of trafficking, a crime punishable by death. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto wept and hugged her son after being found not guilty of smuggling crystal methamphetamine, a rare outcome in a country where hundreds of people have been sentenced to death for drugs […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The National Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that it had filed charges against former Philippine National Police deputy director general Marcelo Garbo and his wife. In a statement, NBI Director Dante Gierran said the former PNP official and his spouse Rosalinda are facing charges for violation of section 7 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for “amassing assets way beyond their legitimate income..” before the Ombudsman. He […]
TALISAY, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) – Arestado ng mga otoridad ang isang lalaki sa isang buy-bust operation sa Camarines Norte nitong Martes, ika-28 ng Nobyembre. Inaresto ng mga operatiba ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Camarines Norte, PDEA Regional Office 5-Bicol at Talisay Philippine National Police si Roland dela Punta, residente ng Purok 1, Brgy. San Francisco, Talisay, matapos makuhaan siya ng 74 gramo na pinaghihinalaang shabu bandang alas 9 ng umaga. Ayon sa mga otoridad, nagkakahalaga ng […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency the lead role in anti-illegal drug operations in the country, essentially stripping the Philippine National Police and others of their authority to conduct the same. In a two-page memorandum, President Duterte said the PNP, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Postal Office “and all other agencies or any and all ad-hoc […]
(Eagle News) — “Ingrates.” This was how Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald dela Rosa described the critics of the ongoing drug war on Tuesday. “You can criticize to high heavens but I can tell you, sabihin ko ngayon, ingrato kayo,” Dela Rosa said in an ambush interview on the sidelines of a Light Rail Transit Authority event. The police chief said it was because of the peace and order brought by the war on drugs […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said that China should undertake a stronger action to stop the entry and shipment of illegal drugs to the Philippines. Kim said that majority of illegal drugs entering the Philippines came from China, and that China should enact more laws to prevent illegal drug shipping. When asked to comment on the drug problem of the Philippines, Kim said that if China […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Pinagbabaril ng mga hindi pa matukoy na suspect ang isang babae sa Quezon City noong Lunes ng gabi, September 4. Kinilala ang biktima na si Maricar dela Cruz, 30 taong gulang. Ayon sa mga saksi, kasagsagan pa ng maraming tao nang tambangan ng dalawang lalake ang biktima na nakasakay sa motorsiklo at may takip pa sa mga mukha si Dela Cruz. Nakatambay lamang aniya sa harapan ng meat shop si […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had asked former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to take a “a few days off” as both the Senate and the House of Representatives probe the controversial P6.4 billion shabu shipment from China that had put the bureau in hot water. Faeldon, who had already been replaced by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director Isidro Lapeña, had also been accused by senator Panfilo Lacson of being eaten […]
The United States ambassador to the Philippines called Tuesday for “full accountability” following the death of a 17-year-old boy in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan. “My condolences go out to the family and friends of Kian (Delos Santos). Hope that the investigations lead to full accountability,” US ambassador Sung Kim said on his Twitter account. Duterte has said relations with the United States are better under Donald Trump, who has praised him for doing an “unbelievable […]
(Eagle News) — The director of the Northern Police District has been sacked. Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa said in a radio interview that Chief Supt. Roberto Fajardo’s relief was effective Tuesday. He said the relief was to give way to an impartial investigation into the death of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan days ago. Police said Delos Santos had fired at them as they were approaching […]
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old who was killed in a drug operation in Caloocan last week was a drug courier for his father and uncles. This was what Philippine National Police Director Roland Dela Rosa revealed in a radio interview, amid criticisms over how the police handled Wednesday’s police operation that led to the death of Kian Loyd Delos Santos. According to the PNP chief, Zaldy, Delos Santos’ father, is also known as a “siga” […]
