Drug enforcement agents and police personnel arrested a laborer in Virac who allegedly yielded shabu in a buy-bust operation last week. According to the belated report, personnel from the Regional…
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Cabugao, Bato is now drug-cleared; LGUs crafting anti-drug plan of action
Barangay Cabugao has been cleared of illegal drugs, according to the Regional Oversight Committee (ROC) following a virtual deliberation last Nov. 24, 2022 together with the barangay captainl and focal…
Truth and honesty in the barangay anti-drug program
Earning the nod of the authorities in charge of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program is no easy feat. Last week, after a painstaking, evidence-based process and final deliberation, the Regional…
Virac man in gun-buy bust yields 8 sachets of shabu
A buy-bust operation conducted by the Virac police last week against an unemployed man selling a gun resulted not only to the confiscation of the firearm but also the seizure…
Turon vendor meted 2 life terms P1-M for shabu sale, possession
A turon vendor caught with P408,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in November last year has been found guilty of the illegal sale and possession of dangerous drugs.…
CA acquits man found guilty of transporting shabu via bus
A man who was found guilty of transporting shabu on board a passenger bus from Manila in 2019 has been cleared by the Court of Appeals after it ruled that…
Virac couple jailed for life for ‘hot’ gun, illegal drugs
Barring any successful appeal, a Virac resident and his live-in partner will have to leave their children behind to serve out their sentence of life imprisonment for possession of 54…
Trio acquitted of drug raps due to defective case, incoherent witness
The Regional Trial Court has dismissed separate criminal cases filed against a female drug personality and two male companions arrested during a buy-bust in July 2021 after it found fatal…
Construction worker nabbed in Virac buy-bust operation
Joint elements of the Virac police station’s Drug Enforcement Unit and the Catanduanes Provincial Intelligence Unit arrested a construction worker in a buy-bust operation last Sept. 11, 2022. The suspect,…