ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/06 February) – Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) backed by policemen arrested seven persons, including an alleged member of a drug syndicate, in separate buy-bust operations in the region, PDEA regional director Adzhar Albani announced on Friday. Albani said four of the suspects, including the alleged syndicate member, were arrested [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 Jan) – Government anti-drug agents in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao have seized more than P6 million worth of illegal drugs in 548 anti-drug operations that they launched in the region in 2010. Intelligence Officer 3 Arce Adam, deputy director for administration of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region12, said Thursday their [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 November) – Police and government anti-drug personnel in nearby Koronadal City in South Cotabato have intensified their monitoring against the possible surge of drug trafficking activities in the area during the Christmas season. Supt. Aniceto Ambay, Koronadal City police chief, said Tuesday they have deployed additional personnel in various strategic areas [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 Oct) – Government anti-drug personnel seized some P20 million worth of equipment and chemicals allegedly used in manufacturing metamphetamine hydrocholoride or shabu following the discovery Wednesday of a mini-shabu laboratory at an outskirt village in the city. Intelligence Officer 5 Felimon Yogi Ruiz, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 director, said [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 September) – Police and government anti-drug operatives in South Cotabato have arrested at least 168 suspected illegal drug traffickers and couriers in various anti-drug operations in the area in the first seven months of the year. Eduardo Siason, action officer of the South Cotabato Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), said a [...]

MALAYBALAY CITY  (MinaNdews/06 August) — The drug menace is bothering 114 of Bukidnon’s 464 barangays with about 99 villages and two towns  “moderately affected,” and two other towns as “seriously affected,” according to an official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). “This means one in every four barangays in the province are in the [...]