Breaking News: High-profile target arrested in Pontevedra drug bust - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) successfully apprehends Agusto Hoquire, alias Onyok, in a major drug bust operation. Read more about the arrest and the recovery of 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000. Stay updated on the latest drug-related news.
ILLEGAL DRUGS. Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) account the PHP400,000 worth of suspected shabu following a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2023). Among the three arrested suspects is an active police officer of the Police Regional Office-BARMM. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A police officer and two others were arrested during an anti-drug operation here Thursday evening. Agent Jocelyn Mary, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM), said Pat. Jassim Aking and his two colleagues were nabbed in a buy-bust operation along San Isidro Street, Barangay Rosary Heights 10. An undercover agent managed to buy PHP340,000 worth of suspected shabu from the suspects inside a suspected drug den, Mary said. She identified the two other arrested suspects as Sindatu Macmud and Fatima Usman. "We
MANILA - The Taguig City Police on Wednesday announced the recent arrest of an alleged member of the notorious "Tinga Drug Syndicate". In a statement, city police chief Col. Robert Baesa said Bernardo Tinga, 56, was arrested in a buy-bust in Barangay Ususan on Jan. 20. During the operation along P. Mariano Street, the suspect yielded some PHP95,000 worth of shabu, an unlicensed .45 caliber pistol, six .45 caliber ammunition and an empty .45 caliber magazine. Tinga has a standing arrest warrant on drug charges issued by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 15. "Taguig has a very strong anti-illegal drugs stance. In fact, Mayor Lani Cayetano herself has a marching order for the city to be rid of these illegal substances. We assure the public that the Taguig Police will not rest until we achieve this goal," Baesa said. The city police has been credited for placing prominent members of the Tinga Drug syndicate and other high-value drug personalities behind bars.
SEIZED DRUGS, FIREARM. The illegal drugs and unlicensed firearm seized from a former local government employee and cohort after they were busted by anti-narcotic agents in Maguindanao Sunday (June 12, 2022). Among the pieces of evidence seized from them are PHP102,000 worth of shabu and a shotgun.(Photo courtesy of PDEA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A former local government employee in Maguindanao and his companion, both former drug personalities who surrendered to authorities in 2019, were arrested during a drug sting, an official said Monday. Director Rogelito Daculla of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) identified the suspects as Tapia Malingco, 41; and Jhon Jickery Malingco Ayunan, 29; both of Pagalungan, Maguindanao. Daculla said the two were arrested after they sold shabu to a PDEA agent disguised as a buyer at 5 p.m. Sunday in Barangay Poblacion, Pagalungan. "Tapia, a former LGU employee, and Ayunan, both voluntarily
Google map of Pigcawayan municipality, North Cotabato. COTABATO CITY - Two big-time drug peddlers were killed, two others arrested, and P204,000 worth of shabu seized in a law enforcement operation Thursday dawn in North Cotabato. One of the fatalities, Ebrahim Samama, was named a high-value target by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Soccsksargen Region (PDEA-12). PDEA-12 Director Naravy Duquiatan said Samama was also one of the more than 60 detainees who bolted the North Cotabato provincial jail in Kidapawan City in 2017. "Samama's group resisted and opened fire upon seeing the approaching lawmen in Barangay Balacayon, Pigcawayan," she said in a report. PDEA-12 agents, backed by troopers from the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion, neutralized Samama and his cohort, identified only as a certain Mamako. Two other followers of Samama, identified as Guiahed Akmad and Ali Kamsa, surrendered to the raiding team. Duquiatan said the raiding team also found more tha