Cops net P138-M illegal drugs in Northern Mindanao

Brig. Gen. Christopher Abrahano, Police Regional Office-10 commander, presents their half-year achievements during a press conference at Camp Vicente Alagar in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, July 20, 2026. (Photo by Cong B. Corrales) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Regional Police Office-10 (PRO-10) seized about P138 million worth of illegal drugs during the first half of 2026, some of them through cross-border cooperation, an official said on Monday. Brig. Gen. Christopher Abrahano, PRO-10 director, shared their operational accomplishments to the media at Camp Vicente Alagar here, crediting their success to a three-pronged strategy: supply reduction, demand reduction, and inter-border cooperation. “Enforcement must be borderless and no longer jurisdictional,” Abrahano said. Article continues after this advertisement READ: CDO drug suspect busted, over P2 million shabu seized “I don’t care about who will get the credit. The important thing is that Northern Mindanao benefits from our campaign against illegal drugs,” he added. The PRO-10 commander reported that 1,641 operations from January to June resulted in 1,908 arrests. Authorities confiscated at least 20 kilograms (kg) of shabu and 3.5 kg of marijuana, with massive hauls recorded in this city and Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental. Addressing the region’s internal security, Abrahano admitted that Northern Mindanao has yet to completely eradicate the communist insurgency, despite neutralizing 123 guerrillas and seizing 88 firearms during the first six months of the year. “Officially, no. We are leading to that, but there are still rebels,” he said when asked if the region was insurgency-free. Article continues after this advertisement Abrahano said the half-year anti-crime sweep also cleared 1,715 wanted persons off the streets, including 320 most-wanted individuals. READ: Repeat drug offender nabbed with P450,000 worth of shabu in CDO Article continues after this advertisement Notable arrests included preacher Darunday Jacob for kidnap-for-ransom and theft, and Mark Steven Freeman for large-scale swindling and syndicated estafa, he added. Police also heavily targeted economic sabotage, with anti-smuggling efforts intercepting P119 million worth of cigarettes — including a P50 million seizure in the second week of July alone — and P41.1 million in unmarked diesel. Crackdowns on illegal mining in Opol and Laguindingan in Misamis Oriental yielded P81.3 million in confiscated equipment./coa Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.