Barangay Official Arrested in Samar Drug Bust Barangay Official Arrested in Samar Drug Bust
• Barangay councilor “Queen,” 52, a high-value target, was arrested in a buy-bust in Villareal, Samar, on April 25.
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• Barangay councilor “Queen,” 52, a high-value target, was arrested in a buy-bust in Villareal, Samar, on April 25.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• A 49-year-old construction worker was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation on April 17, in Barangay Bagacay, Calbayog City.
• A 51-year-old street-level drug suspect, alias “Ando,” was arrested in a buy-bust operation on April 2, 2026, at 8:55 p.m. in Barangay Inobongan, San Sebastian, Samar.
• A suspected new drug player was arrested by Tacloban police in a buy-bust operation on April 6, 2026, at 9:35 p.m. in Barangay 74, Nula-Tula.
• Two suspects, including a high-value individual, were arrested in Ormoc City on April 3, with 48 packs of shabu seized in a buy-bust operation.
• Police arrested alias “Mark,” 44, in a Tacloban City buy-bust on April 7, seizing over P1 million in suspected illegal drugs.
PDEA-8 Steps Up Anti-Drug Campaign in Eastern Visayas 
4 Arrested, Drug Den Raided in Tacloban Anti-Drug Operation 
2 Arrested, 2 Flee After Citizen’s Arrest Disrupts Drug Session in San Jose 
Motor Cab Driver Arrested in Gandara Drug Bust 
Man arrested in Calbayog Drug Operation 
Suspected Drug Personality Nabbed in San Sebastian 
40K Shabu Seized by Tacloban Police 
2 Drug Suspects Arrested in Ormoc Buy-Bust 
Suspected Shabu Worth Over P1M Seized in Tacloban