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SEIZED. A drug buy-bust operation launched by the Philippine National Police results in the arrest of a high-value personality and confiscation of PHP6.8 million worth of shabu in Carles, Iloilo on Wednesday (Jan. 18, 2023). A separate operation in Iloilo City also seized over PHP950,000 worth of shabu on the same night.(Photo courtesy of Carles MPS) ILOILO CITY - The Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit with local police seized over PHP7.7 million worth of shabu and arrested two high-value suspects in buy-bust operations in the city and province of Iloilo on Wednesday night. Carles Municipal Police Station public information officer Master Sgt. Manuel Vencent Hermogenes on Thursday said one of the suspects, Matthew James Bacos, 20, of Barangay Botongon, Estancia town was nabbed after selling a PHP600,00 worth of shabu to a poseur-buyer at the Shangrila Beach Resort in Brgy. Barosbos around 10:45 p.m. Authorities also seized 29 plastic sachets of illegal drugs from Bacos. "Our in ....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed the four-day National Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) on Thursday, Oct. 27, which it said, aims to advance the country’s preparedness and capacity in combatting large-scale oil spillage at sea. PCG Commandant, CG Admiral Artemio M Abu said this i ....