• Two high-value drug suspects were arrested in Tacloban with over P1.17M in shabu seized during a buy-bust; the driver and unemployed suspect face charges.
• A 24-year-old motorcycle-for-hire driver was arrested on July 4 in Hinabangan, Samar, during a buy-bust for allegedly selling illegal drugs.
• A 24-year-old tricycle driver, alias “Rex,” was arrested on July 9 in Catbalogan City during a buy-bust; police tagged him as a High Value Individual.
• A 22-year-old businessman was arrested in Catbalogan City on July 9 after allegedly selling shabu to an undercover officer during a buy-bust operation.
• A jobless man, alias “Jaja,” was arrested on July 4 in Abuyog, Leyte, after police seized suspected shabu during a drug operation in Barangay Victory.
• PDEA Eastern Visayas says the drug war grows harder as transactions shift online, using digital wallets and private messaging to avoid face-to-face meetings.
• A man with prior drug cases was arrested in a Tacloban City buy-bust operation shortly after midnight on Wednesday, July 8.
• A pre-dawn anti-drug operation in Ormoc City on July 9 resulted in the arrest of a suspected high-value dealer believed to be supplying illegal drugs to Eastern Visayas municipalities.
• BJMP Tacloban City Jail intercepted a package containing suspected shabu, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia thrown over the perimeter fence early June 30 morning, foiling another smuggling attempt.
• Umaabot sa tinatayang P5.78 milyong halaga ng hinihinalang shabu ang nakumpiska ng Tacloban City Police Office–City Drug Enforcement Unit sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa Brgy. 96 Calanipawan.
1.17-M Worth of Suspected Shabu Seized, Two High-Value Drug Suspects Arrested in Tacloban 
‘Habal-Habal’ Driver Nabbed in Buy-Bust Operation, Firearm Seized in Samar 
Tricycle Driver Arrested, Suspected Shabu Seized in Catbalogan Operation 
Police Seize Suspected Shabu, Arrest Suspect in Catbalogan City 
Abuyog Police Arrest Man in Anti-Drug Operation 
Eastern Visayas Faces New Challenge as Drug Trade Goes Online 
Police Seize P204K Worth of Suspected Shabu in Tacloban Buy-Bust 
Major Drug Bust in Ormoc Targets Alleged Supplier Linked to Eastern Visayas 
BJMP Tacloban Stops Another Attempt to Bring Drugs into Jail 