Cebu City Police Office deputy director for operations Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla. (File photo) CEBU CITY - The local police has assured that no "narco money" will circulate in this capital city during the May 9 national and local elections. In a radio interview, Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) deputy director for operations, said although there is no information yet about drug personalities openly supporting politicians running for public posts, the station commanders are on alert about "narco money" which may be used to buy votes. "So far, we don't have information that would lead us to believe that proceeds of illegal drug trade will be used during the campaign," Parilla said. However, he said the city police is not discounting the possibility that drug peddlers may approach politicians. "Although such possibility is extreme," station commanders must be on guard, he added. Parilla's remarks came after the City Dr
CEBU CITY More than P30 million worth of suspected shabu were seized from two young men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita here past midnight Saturday, March 26.
Shelljay Cuyno and Dennis Centino, both 24 years old, were arrested by operatives of the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cebu C
BIGGEST DRUG HAUL. Cousins Dennis Centino (left) and Shelljay Centino Cuyno, both 24 years old, are arrested with 5.12 kilos of shabu worth PHP34.8 million in Barangay Pahina Central, Cebu City on Saturday (March 26, 2022). The City Drug Enforcement Unit said the duowas about to deliver 125 grams of the illegal substance to an undercover agent when caught. (Contributed photo) CEBU CITY - A food delivery rider and his cousin were nabbed Saturday with around PHP35 million worth of illegal drugs, believed to be shabu, in a sting operation in a downtown street here, considered by the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) as its biggest haul so far this year. Major Jonathan Taneo, the CDEU head who led the buy-bust operation on Panganiban Street in Barangay Pahina Central, identified the suspects as Shelljay Centino Cuyno and Dennis Centino, both 24 and residents of Barangay Ermita. The suspects were to deliver 125 grams of shabu, without knowing it was a legally-permissible test-buy operation.
Police confiscated around six kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu with an estimated street value of P39.9 million in stings in the cities of Cebu and Talisay yesterday.