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Barbers: Existence of shabu shipment in Cavite 'hard to conclude'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 11:43 AM

A hearing on the supposed smuggling of a ton of shabu earlier this week failed to establish if there was indeed illegal drugs in the magnetic lifters seized in Cavite, the lawmaker leading the investigation said Thursday. Read more »

Nasa P40-M halaga ng shabu at ecstasy, nasabat sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:00 AM

Aabot sa halos P40 milyon halaga ng iligal na droga ang nasabat ng Customs sa NAIA. Read more »

PDEA, inaming walang 'nakitang' shabu sa magnetic lifters sa Cavite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 12:48 AM

Napaamin ang PDEA na wala silang "nakitang" shabu na nagkakahalagang P6.8 bilyon sa isang warehouse sa Cavite. Read more »

Duterte: No blame game on alleged shabu shipment

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 05:01 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would not resort to blaming anyone over the alleged drug shipment that slipped past the country’s ports, especially since it was not yet proven that such a contraband really exists. Read more »

Mga sindikato napag-aralan na ang pagpuslit ng droga sa bansa: Barbers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 05:08 PM

MAYNILA - Napag-aralan na ng mga sindikato ng ilegal na droga kung paano manglito para makapagpuslit ng kontrabando sa bansa.    Read more »

P3.4-M halaga ng 'shabu', nasabat sa Bulacan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 04:40 AM

Nasabat ng mga awtoridad ang nasa P3.4 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa buy-bust operation sa Barangay Malhacan, Meycauayan, Bulacan Lunes ng hapon. Read more »

Duterte, duda sa umano'y naipuslit na P6.8-B shabu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 03:11 AM

Duda ang ilang kongresista sa alegasyon ng PDEA na may nakalusot na P6.8 bilyon na shabu sa Bureau of Customs. Read more »

BOC official: Customs x-rays couldn't have detected shabu in magnetic lifters

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 02:36 AM

A Bureau of Customs (BOC) official on Tuesday said the agency's x-rays would not have been able to detect shabu inside the magnetic lifters if it was wrapped in aluminum foil and plastic, or other materials that could conceal the illegal substance. Read more »

PDEA says no illegal drugs found in Cavite shipment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:33 PM

A lawmaker urged the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency to recant its earlier claim about a shipment in Cavite containing illegal drugs worth billions of pesos.  Read more »

PDEA: 1-ton shabu proof 'only circumstantial'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 09:36 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday admitted it only had circumstantial evidence in claiming that about a ton of shabu slipped through the Bureau of Customs through four magnetic lifters that were found in Cavite. Read more »

Duterte says PDEA report on shabu in magnetic lifters 'speculation'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 04:56 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday branded as “speculation” the report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that a ton of shabu worth P6.8 billion supposedly stuffed inside magnetic lifters slipped past the country’s port. Read more »

PDEA chief no-show at House hearing on mega drug hauls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 12:58 PM

The head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will be reprimanded for not showing up at the House committee inquiry into the billions worth of smuggled illegal drugs.   Read more »

Collusion in shabu billions? House probes mega drug hauls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 10:41 AM

MANILA - The House of Representatives on Tuesday launched its inquiry into some P10 billlion worth of shabu allegedly smuggled through local ports.  Read more »

Customs at PDEA, nagtuturuan sa P6.8-B shabu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 03:47 AM

Iginiit ng PDEA na hindi sila nagkulang sa pag-abiso sa Bureau of Customs kaugnay ng impormasyon sa shipment ng droga na nakapuslit noong isang linggo. Read more »

NBI ordered to probe P6.8-billion drug slip

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 03:20 PM

MANILA - The Department of Justice on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate how at billions of pesos worth of shabu may have slipped past the country's ports. Read more »

Duterte still trusts PDEA, Customs amid 'missing' P6.8-B shabu haul

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 03:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte still trusts the head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency after authorities failed to seize P6.8 billion worth of shabu smuggled into the country by a Taiwanese syndicate. Read more »

P6.8-B drug slip result of ‘intelligence gap’ between Customs, PDEA: Customs chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 08:34 PM

An "intelligence gap" between customs officials and anti-drug operatives allegedly led to the release of a shipment of illegal drugs worth P6.8 billion, Isidro Lapeña said. Read more »

2 lalaki, timbog sa buy-bust sa Davao City

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 11:42 AM

DAVAO CITY – Dalawang lalaking sinasabing nasa drugs watchlist ng awtoridad bilang mga high-value target ang naaresto habang nakatakas naman ang isa pa sa magkasunod na buy-bust operation. Read more »

Nasa P7 bilyong halaga ng shabu, naipuslit sa Pilipinas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 11:37 PM

Hindi naman naiwasang maglabas ng sama ng loob ni PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino sa mga umano'y tiwaling empleyado ng Bureau of Customs na maaaring nagpalusot sa kargamento. Read more »

Traces of drugs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 08:08 PM

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agent personnel inspect 4 magnetic filters that were used to transport illegal drugs in the country, seized in a warehouse in GMA Cavite on Thursday. Read more »