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MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER FACES LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Sunday 30th of December 2012
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 30 (PIA) -- A Malaysian national is facing life imprisonment for transporting illegal drugs in the country. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. in a statement expressed appreciation to Judge Racquelen Abary-Vasquez of Regional Trial Court, Branch 116, Pasay City for the favorable decision against the accused Malaysian national. “PDEA salutes Judge Abary-Vasquez for ensuring that justice is promptly served. The dedication and commitment of the prosecutors and drug law enforcers as witnesses in presenting air-tight evidence against the accused is likewise commendable,” Cacdac said. Acco...
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NAIA anti-narcotics team nab 2 female Thai drug mules
QUEZON CITY, October 23 (PIA) – Members of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) has nabbed two female Thai nationals for smuggling illegal drugs in the country. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the first suspect was Napaporn Khamsa, 40 years old from Patumthani Province, Thailand. Khamsa was arrested Saturday, October 20 for smuggling three kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu NAIA-IADIT...
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PIA’s Anti-Drug Courier Drive gets Anvil recognition
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) was honored for its “Anti-Drug Courier Program” during the 47th Anvil Awards held at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel in City.    The PIA was recognized and given the Merit Award for the category -- PR Program on a Sustained Basis for its advocacy campaign against drug mules and drug trafficking in the country.   The program was a response to the alarming number of drug smuggling cases involved in by Fi...
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    May
    2011

    PDEA –Tampakan LGU anti-drug campaign continues

    KORONADAL CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- Following a series of anti-drug courier and anti-drug abuse campaigns with the Philippine Information Agency in Region 12 among high school students last March, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local government of Tampakan town have widened the activity to reach more villagers. From May 3 to 10, PDEA and Tampakan LGU in partnership with the Community Development Information Council (CDIC-Tampakan Inc.), and...
  • 26
    Mar
    2011

    Plans afoot for deployment of PDEA agents in Subic ports

    CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,Pampanga, March 26 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Luzon affirmed the imminent deployment of PDEA agents in the air and sea ports inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, as part of the drug enforcement agency’s efforts on anti-drug courier. In a press conference organized by the Philippine Information Agency- Region 3, Ronald Allan Ricardo, regional director of PDEA, said plans for the deployment are now being finalized. PDEA, in pa...
  • 19
    Feb
    2011

    PDEA-IX steps-up anti-drug campaign program

    ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA 9) -- In the light of three Filipino drug mules facing execution in China, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stepped up its anti-courier drug campaign here. In step with the Anti-Drug Courier Task Force members, PDEA IX sees a breakthrough as collaborative efforts yielded support from former drug mules. PDEA-IX Regional Director Adzhar A. Albani said the operation plan instituted by then PDEA Director-General Dionesio Santiago where he sent PDEA agents ...
  • 31
    Jan
    2011

    PIA Chief: Drug couriers an embarrassment to PH

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) – Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Atty. Jose A. Fabia said drug courier is a big embarrassment to the Phillippines. He said this during the "Anti-Drug Courier Program" launch held Monday in one of the local hotels in Cagayan.   According to DG Fabia, with the latest number of arrested Filipinos in China reaching 209, it sad to note that this happens considering that th  Philippines is one of the major exporters...
  • 31
    Jan
    2011

    Drug courier cases increase worldwide

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Drug courier problem in the world is alarming as the cases increase from time to time, according to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose Gutierrez, Jr. In today’s press conference held in one of the local hotels here, Gutierrez said that in 1993, there were only two recorded drug cases. As of January 2011, there are now 689 recorded drug courier cases. Of the recorded cases, 431 are females or 63 percent while 258 are ma...
  • 31
    Jan
    2011

    PIA Chief Fabia espouses public awareness on anti-drug courier drive

      CAGAYAN DE ORO, Jan. 31 (PIA) – “Apprehending drug couriers and traffickers is not our mandate,” says Atty. Jose A. Fabia, Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), “but to help increase the awareness level of people about the Anti-Drug Courier Program so that less Filipinos will be victimized.” This was his reaction on a query about the PIA's role in the Anti-Drug Courier Program launching where 22 PIA information officers from all...
  • 27
    Jan
    2011

    TF on drug couriers intensifies IEC campaign in Mindanao

    CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Task Force on Drug Couriers (TFDC) has intensified its Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign to deter, prevent, and protect Filipinos from being exploited or victimized as “drug mules.” It will be conducting a briefing on the Anti-Drug Courier Program (ADCP) at Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City, on Jan. 31, this year, for all information center managers and regional heads of the Philippine Inform...
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