PDEA-8 Steps Up Anti-Drug Campaign in Eastern Visayas PDEA-8 Steps Up Anti-Drug Campaign in Eastern Visayas
• PDEA Region 8 intensifies intelligence-driven operations in Eastern Visayas to dismantle drug networks and supply chains, not just street-level suspects, said Director Ortiz.
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• PDEA Region 8 intensifies intelligence-driven operations in Eastern Visayas to dismantle drug networks and supply chains, not just street-level suspects, said Director Ortiz.
• Authorities dismantled a drug den and arrested four individuals in Barangay 62A, Sagkahan, on April 13, in a high-impact anti-drug operation.
• Law enforcement and BIR seized over P800,000 in counterfeit seasoning and untaxed cigarettes in an entrapment operation on April 15 in Barangay 74 Nula-tula.
• Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division intensified Samar operations, killing a rebel, recovering a high-powered firearm, and finding hidden weapons in coordinated clashes.
• Two were arrested and two fled after citizens intervened to stop an alleged drug session in an abandoned house in Barangay 85, San Jose, on the afternoon of April 17, 2026.
• Philippine and US Army troops trained together on April 14-16 to boost emergency medical skills for Exercise Balikatan 2026, focusing on combat and disaster response.
• The Philippine Air Force deployed a Black Hawk helicopter over the weekend to help contain a spreading fire on Homonhon Island, Guiuan.
• Ahead of Dagami’s annual fiesta celebration, local police urge public vigilance, stressing that peace and order require joint effort from authorities and the community.
• Pieta Park in Catbalogan, a cherished memorial space for grieving families, faces redevelopment into a commercial area, sparking dispute over progress versus preserving memory.
• A 51-year-old motor cab driver and street-level drug suspect, alias “Tako,” was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Minda, Gandara, on April 17.
4 Arrested, Drug Den Raided in Tacloban Anti-Drug Operation 
Fake Magik Sarap, Smuggled Cigarettes Confiscated in Tacloban Operation 
Army Operations in Samar Intensify, Disrupt CTG Units, Uncover Weapons Cache 
2 Arrested, 2 Flee After Citizen’s Arrest Disrupts Drug Session in San Jose 
PH Army Enhances Humanitarian Response with US Training 
PAF Deploys Black Hawk to Contain Homonhon Island Forest Fire 
Dagami Police Tighten Security Ahead of Fiesta 
Catbalogan Pieta Park Fight Escalates Over Planned Commercial Use 
Motor Cab Driver Arrested in Gandara Drug Bust