SECURITY AND SAFETY. Eight bike patrollers from the Mati City Police Station (CPS) were deployed on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022) to add police visibility and ensure safety and security in the city especially in the downtown area and tourist sites. The bike patrollers are also responsible for the expeditious investigating of crimes against tourists and providing information about the local community. (Photo courtesy of Mati CIO) DAVAO CITY - The city government of Mati sees strengthened police visibility in the area with the launching of Mati City Police Station (CPS) Bike Patrollers on Monday. In an interview, Ben Jason Tesiorna, Mati information officer said an initial of eight Mati CPS Bike Patrollers were deployed by the city government and Philippine National Police (PNP) to ensure safety for the residents and the guests in various areas, including tourist sites. "For now, eight were deployed yet. Expect that more will be augmented," he said. Tesiorna added that the bicycles we
BUSTED. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Davao Region (PDEA-11) seize the shabu items from suspected drug peddler Anthony Louie Tura (seated, blue sando), Davao Oriental's second most drug personality, following his arrest on Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2022) in a buy-bust at his house in Barangay Central, Mati City, Davao Oriental. Recovered from the suspect was more than PHP15,000 worth of shabu. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-11) DAVAO CITY - Anti-narcotics agents have arrested Davao Oriental's second top drug personality in a buy-bust, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Davao Region (PDEA-11) reported Friday. In a statement, the PDEA-11 identified the suspect as Anthony Louie Tura, 33, of Barangay Central, Mati City, Davao Oriental. Joint operatives of PDEA-11, the Regional Intelligence Unit of Police Regional Office - 11, Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office, and the Mati City Police Station launched the operation at 7:50 p.m. on February 2 at the suspect'
MARIJUANA. Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-11 conduct an on-site inventory of evidence confiscated from a drug suspect after a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dahican, Mati City, Davao Oriental on Tuesday (Oct. 19, 2021). Confiscated in the operation were about five kilograms of marijuana worth PHP600,000. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-11) DAVAO CITY - Police seized an estimated PHP600,000 worth of marijuana leaves and arrested one suspect in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Dahican, Mati City, Davao Oriental afternoon of Oct. 19. In a statement Wednesday, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Davao Region (PDEA-11) spokesperson Noli Dimaandal said around five kilos of suspected Cannabis sativa, locally known as "marijuana," were seized from the suspect identified as Royroy Binawi Malintad alias Boy, 25, single, a farmer and resident of Barangay Tomoang, Tarragona, Davao Oriental. Joint elements of the Davao Oriental Provincial Office of PDEA-11, Po