Topic page on cocaine-use

Cocaine blocks in PH waters 'a diversionary tactic': PDEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 12:13 PM

MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) believes that the floating cocaine was meant to shift authorities’ focus from a bigger shipment of illegal drugs into the country. Read more »

Philippines a transit hub for cocaine smugglers: police

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 02:47 AM

MANILA - Drug cartels are increasingly turning to the Philippines as a transit hub of illegal drugs, a police official said Monday, as more packages of cocaine were found along the shores in the country's eastern seaboard. Read more »

PNP: 164 kilos of cocaine recovered in February in Philippine waters

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 10:50 PM

MANILA - Around 164 kilos of cocaine have been recovered in February by authorities along the eastern seaboard of the Philippines, police said. Read more »

36 bloke ng cocaine nakuha sa dagat sa Davao Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 12:37 AM

Ilang bloke ng cocaine na naman ang natagpuang palutang-lutang sa dagat. Read more »

Cocaine bricks found floating off Davao Oriental: police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 06:30 PM

Some P200 million worth of cocaine bricks were fished from the waters off Caraga, Davao Oriental on Sunday. Read more »

Higit 30 'bloke ng cocaine' natagpuan sa Surigao Del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 06:57 PM

Nasamsam nitong umaga ng Linggo sa karagatang sakop ng Tandag, Surigao Del Sur and 34 bloke ng hinihinalang cocaine na may halagang nasa P230 milyon. Read more »

'Cocaine bricks' worth P230-M fished from Surigao waters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 07:15 PM

Thirty-four bricks of suspected cocaine worth an estimated P230 million were netted from the waters off Tandag, Surigao Del Sur on Sunday, police said. Read more »

Duterte warns of 'harsher' anti-drug campaign

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 12:26 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte vows to ramp up his anti-drug campaign amid claims an international drug cartel is behind bricks of cocaine found in Philippine waters. Read more »

Bulto ng cocaine, natagpuan sa dalampasigan sa Quezon

Kevin Dinglasan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 11:41 PM

Natagpuan sa dalampasigan ng Mauban, Quezon ang isang bulto ng hinihinalang cocaine nitong Huwebes. Read more »

Bloodier war not the solution to drug problem: Colmenares

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 12:05 PM

MANILA - Bayan Muna Chair and senatorial bet Neri Colmenares on Thursday said the solution to the country's drug problem is not through a bloodier war on drugs. Read more »

Duterte says international drug cartels behind floating cocaine packages

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 06:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the discovery of cocaine packages found floating off Philippine shores in the past days prove that notorious drug cartels have penetrated the country. Read more »

Another cocaine block washes ashore in Quezon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 07:58 AM

Another box of cocaine washed ashore in Quezon province, police confirmed Wednesday, after similar drug packages were found in other areas. Read more »

PNP warns: PH has become 'transshipment point' of cocaine

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 11:39 PM

Some P491 million worth of cocaine were found in six areas located in the eastern seaboard of the country this month, making Philippines a "transshipment point" of illegal drugs, a police spokesman said. Read more »

PNP, may babala sa magtatago ng mga nagsilutangang cocaine sa Caraga

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 12:42 AM

Pakiusap ng PNP sa mga mangingisda at residente, i-surrender sa kanila ang mga makukuhang kontrabando. Read more »

PNP warns fishermen who keep 'floating cocaine' will face charges

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 10:39 PM

Fishermen in Surigao Del Norte, Dinagat Islands and Camarines Norte recently found blocks of cocaine floating in their fishing grounds. Read more »

Transshipment or decoy? PDEA eyes 2 angles in 'floating cocaine' probe

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 10:07 AM

Several "floating cocaine" packages recently seized in the Philippines may be part of a drug shipment to neighboring countries or a diversionary tactic for meth smuggling, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Monday. Read more »