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Agents of the Bureau of Customs – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), intercepted 7,005 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, during a recent operation at the NAIA Terminal 3. A checked-in luggage belonging to a South African passenger underwent non-intrusive inspection, which revealed a suspicious image suggesting possible concealment of illegal drugs. The discovered […]
Demonstrating his firm commitment to enforcement and border security, Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno led the inspection of a consolidated shipment found to contain illegal drugs at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) recently. The BOC, acting on credible intelligence, issued an Alert Order on a 1×40-ft container declared as balikbayan boxes. A […]
At the resumption of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearings into the multi-billion peso drug hauls in Pampanga and Subic recently, committee chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers wondered how one businessman can have Philippine and Chinese passports despite China’s prohibition of dual citizenship.Barbers asserted that Henry Bigay, also known as […]
Why are some Chinese nationals being bolder in their involvement in drug operations in the Philippines? How long have they been operating here? Do they have connections in government? These are among the questions that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Dangerous Drugs Board should look into, after a series of anti-drug operations by the […]
For the first time in the history of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, retired and active generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) testified against one of their fellow officials. Senator Dick Gordon pointed this out when he sponsored the committee report on the investigation into the so-called “ninja cops,” in connection with a raid […]
Senator Dick Gordon said he was very disappointed by the “softening” statements of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino, saying the former police officer’s narration of events was different from what he told the senator in an earlier meeting. In an interview with reporters, Gordon said Aquino claimed during a meeting with […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the passage of a bill penalizing owners of warehouses used as laboratories and storage in the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs, following the seizure of ₱1 billion worth of shabu from a warehouse in Malabon City. Senate Bill No. 1225, filed by Gatchalian, seeks to amend Section 8 […]
Senator Dick Gordon has welcomed the efforts exerted by Malacañang and the Department of Justice, in offering a P10 million bounty for the arrest of former police officer Eduardo Acierto who is one of the accused in the smuggling of shabu inside magnetic lifters. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said the offer […]
Senator Dick Gordon has advised dismissed police Colonel Eduardo Acierto, former deputy director for administration of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (DEG), to come out of hiding and surrender. Acierto recently accused President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police of ignoring an intelligence report that he allegedly submitted and blocking further probe into the […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the efforts of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in seizing a total of P1.1 billion worth of “shabu” (crystal meth)in separate buy-bust operations in Muntinlupa City. The illegal drugs were confiscated from three Chinese nationals at the parking lot of the Festival Mall and a house inside the posh Ayala […]