A police officer shot dead a village councilman, who was a suspected drug dealer, Wednesday night during a buy-bust operation in Cabatuan town in Iloilo province.
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY—A Catholic priest who was one of the earliest critics of President Duterte’s deadly war on drugs has gone into hiding, claiming that motorcycle-riding hit men are targeting him.
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Authorities from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested four women and one man on Sunday night for drug use in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City.
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The policemen who arrested and detained three lawyers for taking photos and videos during a drug raid at a Makati bar could face arbitrary detention charges, Sen. Richard Gordon said on Sunday.
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Eastern Police District (EPD) officers arrested a drug surrenderee for possession of illegal firearms and suspected crystal meth, or “shabu,” in Pasig Friday night.
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An organization of human rights lawyers on Friday said the criminal complaint filed by the police against the three lawyers of Times Bar in Makati was only done to “save face.”
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The Makati City Police on Friday filed a complaint for obstruction of justice and violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against the three lawyers monitoring the inventory of suspected drugs found at Times Bar in the city.
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A suspect was killed in an anti-drug operation of Manila Police District (MPD) operatives near Arellano Avenue in Malate, Manila, on early Thursday morning. Initial investigation said an exchange of gunfire occurred at the corner of Zapanta and Pag-asa streets when the suspect, Adrian Azucar, sensed that he was transacting with police officers. During the […]
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President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that Naga City, the hometown of Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, was once a “hotbed of shabu.”
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Much of the world used to treat drug addiction as a health issue, not a criminal one. And then America got its way.