Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

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Ex-PDEA exec tagged in drug deals surrenders (Philstar.com)

A former official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency implicated by former president Rodrigo Duterte in the illegal drug trade surrendered in Leyte ...

Erwin Ogario, former head of the PDEA office in Metro Manila, turned himself in to Eastern Visayas police director Brig. Rommel Francisco Marbil at the Eastern Visayas police headquarters in Barangay Campetic in Palo. Dominador Gacusan Jr. Sofronio Capitle Jr. He said Ogario’s decision to surrender to the Eastern Visayas police is a manifestation of the former PDEA official’s trust in them. Ogario was PDEA director in Caraga in 2013 when Marbil was head of the Agusan del Norte police.

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Ex-PDEA NCR chief linked to illegal drugs surrenders (The Manila Times)

Erwin Ogario surrendered to Police Regional Office 8 (PRO 8) director BGen. Rommel Francisco Marbil. Ogario and other PDEA-NCR officials allegedly facilitated ...

We just found out that he has a warrant of arrest issued by a court in Quezon City. 3, 2019 by Judge Elvira Panganiban of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 227. "He showed up since he has been getting death threats.

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Axed PDEA chief surrenders in Eastern Visayas (Sun.Star)

POLICE Regional Office (PRO)-Eastern Visayas Director Brigadier General Rommel Francisco Marbil announced on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, the voluntary ...

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Council to focus on 39 drug-affected barangays in Cordillera (pna.gov.ph)

BAGUIO CITY – The Police Regional Office - Cordillera (PROCor) has expressed confidence that the remaining barangays in the region affected by illegal drugs ...

Records of the PROCor showed that from Jan. Chumanchil, which straddles several towns in Kalinga and the Mountain Province. “We are following it up with the DDB. The records also showed that the continuous conduct of marijuana eradication operations in Ifugao, Mountain Province, Benguet, and Kalinga has led to the destruction of 4,004,024 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants and 1,618,375.76 grams of dried marijuana plants. Julius Paderes, PDEA-Cordillera director, in a separate interview, said their agency has sent a communication to the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), which has funds of its own, to help in financing the projects, especially the road network requirement of the community. He said community leaders have suggested ways to improve the economy in drug-affected areas, such as the development of a road network, livelihood activities for the residents, such as the propagation of orchids, and the establishment of a fish pen.

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