*LUCENA* CITY — Anti-illegal drugs operatives confiscated more than P1.6 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) and marijuana from five suspected drug traffickers arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday in buy-bust operations in Rizal, Quezon, and Laguna provinces. The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO-4A) reported that the drug enforcement unit in Angono, Rizal, held alias “Mark […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine National Police (PNP) deputy chief for operations Lt. Gen. Benjamin Santos Jr. surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Tuesday morning. Santos is among the 29 police officers listed in the arrest warrant issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 44 for the bungling of […]
Read MoreTwo Chinese nationals in Parañaque City were arrested over the weekend for selling alleged unregistered medicines, the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said. In a statement issued Sunday evening, CIDG chief Police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III identified the suspects as “Hu” and “Quan.” CIDG’s Detective and Special Operations Unit […]
Read More*Police* seized over P2.7 million worth of suspected shabu and raided an alleged drug den in separate anti-drug operations in Pampanga. The suspected shabu were seized after undercover police posed as buyers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Jose, Magalang, which led to the arrest of one suspect. Authorities confiscated around 410 grams of […]
Read More*Some* 11,000 fully grown marijuana plants were uprooted and destroyed in a recent operation in Malungon, Sarangani province. According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office in Soccsksargen (Region 12), the estimated value of the marijuana plants was placed at P2.2 million. The joint operation was conducted in Barangay B’laan on Thursday, February […]
Read More*The* Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to call out the “illegal presence” of a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel near the Zambales coast. In a statement on Thursday evening, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela said CCG 3304 was spotted 105 to115 nautical miles from the coast of Zambales. “In […]
Read MoreThree individuals, one of them a woman, were arrested during an entrapment operation for the illegal production of persons with disabilities (PWD) identification cards in Manila. The suspects, identified as Marites Esedera, Erdie Macaspac, and Michelle Janaban were arrested around 5:40 p.m. on Feb. 5 in Barangay 310, Quezon Boulevard, Sta. Cruz, Manila. The operation, […]
Read MoreVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that “nothing is worth the life of a child.” Francis, who has been critical of both Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the ongoing violence of the Russia-Ukraine war, did not specify a conflict in his […]
Read MoreA security guard shot dead his fellow guard for being late for 30 minutes in Antipoo City, Rizal. According to Jonathan Andal’s report in 24 Oras on Monday, the victim was the suspect’s reliever at work, and it was not the first time that the former was tardy for his shift. (Our suspect was on […]
Read MoreThe Philippine Coast Guard K9 Force on Monday seized three kilograms of shabu valued at around P22 million in Catbalogan, Samar on Monday. According to a statement on Tuesday, a PCG K9 Force narcotics detection dog positively indicated the presence of the illegal drugs in a vehicle during a paneling operation in Barangay New Mahayag, […]
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