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Ton of meth stashed in loudspeakers seized in Vietnam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 03:25 PM

HANOI - Police in southern Vietnam have seized more than a ton of methamphetamine after uncovering a smuggling operation involving at least two Taiwanese nationals and a Vietnamese man, the third massive bust in a week in the communist state. Read more »

Construction worker nagbenta ng shabu Biyernes Santo

Andoreena Causon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 08:16 AM

DAVAO CITY - Balik kulungan ang isang construction worker matapos mahuli ng mga awtoridad na nagbebenta ng shabu dito sa lungsod, Biyernes Santo ng gabi. Read more »

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

Rich McKay, Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 05:58 PM

Rapper Kodak Black was released from custody by the New York State Police on Thursday after being arrested on drug and gun charges while coming across the Canada-US border near Niagara Falls, police said. Read more »

Isang bloke ng cocaine natagpuan ng mangingisda sa Surigao del Norte

Lorilly Charmane Awitan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 10:58 AM

Isang bloke ng cocaine na palutang-lutang sa dagat ang natagpuan ng isang mangingisda noong Miyerkoles ng hapon. Read more »

3 umano'y drug pusher timbog sa Cebu buy-bust

Donna Lavares, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 10:34 AM

Naaktuhan ng mga operatiba ang tatlo habang nagbebenta umano ng ilegal na droga, ayon sa hepe ng Guadalupe Police Station. Read more »

Customs seizes parcels containing P2-M worth of illegal drugs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 04:56 AM

Also confiscated were 2 packages of marijuana that were declared as pancake mix and lotion from the US, and consigned to a company in Cagayan de Oro. Read more »

Duterte raises red flags in Lucena, Batangas cities over illegal drugs

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 03:50 AM

Duterte on Tuesday night said there are also big-time drug personalities in Baguio City, Cagayan, and Mountain Province, without going into specifics. Read more »

DOJ indicts Acierto, 7 others in shabu shipment case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 10:55 PM

Ismael Fajardo Jr., a former PDEA deputy, and Jimmy Guban, a former Customs intelligence officer, were also indicted in the multi-billion-peso case involving the transport of illegal drugs via magnetic lifters.  Read more »

P2-M halaga ng droga nasamsam sa Cavite; 10 arestado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 09:36 PM

Sampu ang arestado sa ikinasang buy-bust operation ng pulis sa loob ng exclusive subdivision sa Bacoor, Cavite.  Read more »

SC tells SolGen to bare all 'Tokhang' papers, hits partial release of drug death docs

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 03:45 PM

MANILA – The Supreme Court has called out the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for releasing only selected police documents in its compliance with the order to provide copies of police reports on drug war deaths to petitioners that had questioned the campaign before the tribunal. Read more »

'Floating cocaine' nalambat ng mangingisda sa Batanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 11:11 AM

Nalambat ng isang mangingisda sa Barangay San Antonio, Basco, Batanes ang isang plastic ng hinihinalang cocaine na tumitimbang nang higit isang kilo.  Read more »

Japanese professor allegedly made students produce ecstasy

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 17 05:12 AM

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A pharmaceutical science professor at a university in western Japan was referred to prosecutors Tuesday for allegedly having his students produce the synthetic drug MDMA without a permit, investigative sources said. Read more »

Dayuhan, nakuhanan ng P400,000 halaga ng 'shabu' sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 09:50 PM

Narekober sa 45 anyos na suspek ang higit P400,000 halaga ng droga na isinilid sa isang diaper. Read more »

TNVS driver, kasabwat arestado sa QC buy-bust

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 03:54 AM

Nakuha sa kanila ang 6 na sachet ng hinihinalang shabu. Read more »

Police seize 600 kilos of meth in Vietnam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 17 01:24 AM

HANOI - Police in central Vietnam have seized more than half a tonne of methamphetamine in one of the largest drug busts in recent years in the communist country where synthetic drug use is on the rise.   Read more »

OPINION: Duterte regains upper hand in the battle of narco lists

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 17 12:13 AM

After Bong Go, President Duterte’s former special assistant who is now one of the frontrunners in the senatorial race, did the humiliating act of undressing in front of the media and under the glare of TV cameras, to show his tattoo-less back, the question of those who were initially impressed with the first three episodes of  “Ang totoong Narco list” is, what’s  Bikoy going to say about this? Read more »

‘Black propaganda’: Duterte slams allegation linking daughter Veronica to drug trade

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 10:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday slammed allegations linking his youngest daughter Veronica "Kitty" Duterte to the illegal drug trade. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Paolo Duterte taking his shirt off

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:08 PM

The claim is false; the photo contained in the post shows an ex-adviser to the president, not his son. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this parody social media post about Paolo Duterte is not genuine news

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 05:22 PM

The Facebook post falsely presenting the information as genuine was shared by a group that presents itself as critical of Duterte.   Read more »

3 college students, timbog sa pagbebenta ng ‘damo’

Joanna Tacason, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 02:13 PM

URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – Tatlong estudyante sa kolehiyo ang arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa lungsod noong Biyernes. Read more »