Construction Worker Arrested on Outstanding Theft Warrant in Samar Construction Worker Arrested on Outstanding Theft Warrant in Samar
• A 26-year-old construction worker was arrested in Catbalogan City on August 2 for theft, with a P10,000 bail recommended for his temporary release.
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• A 26-year-old construction worker was arrested in Catbalogan City on August 2 for theft, with a P10,000 bail recommended for his temporary release.
• LGU street sweeper alias “Tot,” 44, was arrested July 28 in Calbiga, Samar, with ~2g shabu (P13,600) in a buy-bust; he faces drug charges and is presumed innocent.
• A 30-year-old male Habal-habal driver was arrested in Tagapul-an, Samar on July 29, 2026, in a buy-bust operation, seizing alleged P500 shabu and 2 sachets.
• 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.
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