Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
🇵🇭 Philippines · Anti-narcotics agency · 104 reports
- People arrested
- 50
- Plants destroyed
- 15,627,713
- Cannabis seized
- 3.04531 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
PDEA arrests suspect with 630 g of marijuana in Bayombong buy-bust
PDEA operatives arrested a 31-year-old man during a buy-bust operation in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, on 11 November 2026. Authorities seized 630 grams of suspected dried marijuana leaves valued at P75,600.
Arrested 1Cannabis 630 g39-year-old arrested with 2 kg marijuana in Kidapawan City
Police arrested a 39-year-old man known as “Eco” during a dawn search in Barangay Poblacion, Kidapawan City, seizing over 2,000 grams of suspected marijuana. The haul was valued at P432,180 as police check claims he sold to students.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2 kgMan held at Matnog Port with one gram of liquid marijuana in a vape cartridge
PDEA Bicol arrested a 20-year-old Quezon City man at Matnog Port in Sorsogon on 8 November 2026 and seized a vape cartridge holding about one gram of suspected liquid marijuana. The agency valued the contents at P1,700 on the street and said the man would face charges under Republic Act 9165.
Arrested 11.56 kg of kush found in 12 abandoned parcels at Pasay mail hub
Police and an airport inter-agency group found about 1.56 kg of high-grade marijuana, valued at ₱1.563 million, among 12 abandoned inbound parcels at the Pasay City mail centre on 6 November 2026. The same parcels carried far more shabu and ketamine, and no one was arrested over them.
Cannabis 1.563 kg4.27 kg marijuana seized at Zamboanga del Sur delivery hub
Anti-narcotics agents seized about 4.27 kg of suspected marijuana, valued by PDEA at P512,880, from a parcel at a delivery hub in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on 31 October 2026. No arrests were made; the sender and receiver are still being identified and the drugs are in PDEA custody for laboratory examination.
Cannabis 4.274 kg2,150 marijuana plants destroyed in Kapangan and Kibungan
Police destroyed three marijuana plantations in Kapangan and Kibungan, Benguet, on 30 October 2026, seizing 1,150 mature plants and 1,000 seedlings. Police valued the plants at P270,000 and burned them on site while seeking those responsible.
Plants destroyed 2,150K9 courier check in San Pedro finds 250 g of suspected marijuana products
PDEA Seaport Interdiction Unit–Batangas seized about 250 grams of suspected marijuana products worth PHP 30,000 from parcels at a courier hub in San Pedro, Laguna, on the evening of 30 October 2026. No arrests or charges were announced.
Cannabis 250 g62-year-old American held at NAIA with 17.46 kg of kush
A 62-year-old American was arrested at NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City on 29 October 2026 after arriving from Bangkok with about 17.46 kg of kush in two checked bags. PDEA valued the haul at P17.46 million and said the passenger, identified only as “Henry,” faces charges under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
Arrested 1Cannabis 17.464 kgKalibo courier sting seizes 1.5 kg of marijuana and 25 cannabis vapes
PDEA Region 6 found about 1.5 kg of suspected marijuana and 25 cannabis-oil vape cartridges in a Kalibo courier warehouse, then arrested a recipient known as alias Kanggeng when a controlled delivery succeeded on 29 October 2026.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.53 kgK9 team seizes almost 1 kg of marijuana and kush in Baguio courier parcel
PDEA-Cordillera’s land-transport interdiction unit and a narcotics dog intercepted a courier parcel in Baguio City on 27 October 2026, seizing 979.62 g of dried marijuana and 14.67 g of kush that the agency valued at about P135,158. No one was arrested; the shipment was traced to Cavite and a Baguio addressee.
Cannabis 994.29 g544,000 marijuana plants burned in seven Tinglayan plantations
Kalinga police uprooted and burned 544,000 fully grown marijuana plants across seven sites in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, on 27 October 2026, an operation the provincial office valued at about ₱108.8 million. No cultivators were arrested.
Plants destroyed 544,000Area 4.9 haThai woman gets life for smuggling 13.16 kg of cannabis via NAIA
Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 116 sentenced Thai national Sirirut Taweesup to life imprisonment on 26 October 2026 for smuggling 13.16 kg of cannabis worth P18.43 million through NAIA Terminal 3 in 2024. She was also fined P2 million and ordered to pay P5 million for the customs violation.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 13.16 kgPrison life1,200 marijuana plants destroyed in Kibungan in Oplan Grass Cutter
A joint police and PDEA team destroyed 1,200 marijuana plants and 400 seedlings worth P256,000 at Sitio Taba-ao in Kibungan on 26 October 2026. The operation was part of Oplan Grass Cutter.
Plants destroyed 1,2007.3 kg of kush found in abandoned luggage at Manila airport
Customs found 7,335 grams of kush hidden in food-labelled foil inside three unclaimed bags at NAIA on 26 October, linked to two Bangkok arrivals from September. PDEA, inter-agency police and canine units joined the inspection; no owner has been identified.
Cannabis 7.335 kg19.88 kg of marijuana seized in Kibungan buy-bust, farmer held
PDEA-CAR and Benguet police arrested a 22-year-old farmer in a late-night buy-bust in Sitio Baloc, Kibungan, on 22 October 2026, seizing 19.88 kg of marijuana in 20 bundles, lab-confirmed at P2,385,244.80, with charges under RA 9165 pursued.
Arrested 1Cannabis 19.88 kg5,000 marijuana seedlings burned at Pingew in Kibungan
On 13 October 2026 police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency uprooted and burned about 5,000 marijuana seedlings on two plantations at Sitio Pingew, Proper Tacadang, Kibungan, valued by police at about 200,000 pesos. No cultivator was caught. A placard in the published photograph records one of the two sites as 2,000 seedlings.
Plants destroyed 5,00018-year-old held in P4.9-million Urdaneta buy-bust
Police arrested an 18-year-old in a buy-bust in Urdaneta City on 2 October 2026, seizing 27.73 kg of dried marijuana, 511 g of kush, liquid marijuana and an unregistered revolver. The haul was valued at P4.9 million.
Arrested 1Cannabis 28.241 kg2,500 marijuana seedlings burned at Sitio Lubban, Bakun
On 1 October 2026 police and PDEA-Cordillera uprooted and burned about 2,500 marijuana seedlings worth P100,000 at Sitio Lubban in Kayapa, Bakun. No one was arrested; authorities said they were investigating who planted the site.
Plants destroyed 2,5003,000 marijuana plants uprooted and burned at Sugpon border
Police and anti-drug units uprooted about 3,000 fully grown marijuana plants on about 1,000 square metres at the Sugpon boundary on 27 September 2026, valuing them at about 600,000 pesos. The plants were inventoried and burned at the site, and no cultivator was reported arrested.
Plants destroyed 3,000Area 0.1 haTwo men get life in Benguet for selling 19.9 kg of marijuana
A court in La Trinidad, Benguet, sentenced Roldan Jacinto and Rocky Jet Bagoling to life imprisonment and fines of 500,000 pesos each on 24 September 2026 for selling 19,894.82 grams of dried marijuana seized in a buy-bust in March, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said.
Charged 2Cannabis 19.89 kgPrison life imprisonmentFine PHP 500,000Three Bangkok passengers held with 18.68 kg of kush at NAIA
Customs stopped three Filipino passengers arriving from Bangkok at NAIA Terminal 3 on 24 September 2026 after X-rays flagged six pieces of luggage; examination found about 18,679 grams of high-grade kush worth P18.679 million. The three were placed in PDEA custody facing drug charges.
Arrested 3Cannabis 18.679 kg36,000 marijuana plants burned on the Sadanga–Tinglayan boundary
On 14 September 2026 a PDEA-led team uprooted and burned about 36,000 fully grown marijuana plants on about 6,000 square metres of public land along the boundary of Barangay Saclit in Sadanga, Mountain Province, and Tinglayan, Kalinga. Police valued the plants at about 7.2 million pesos. No cultivator was caught.
Plants destroyed 36,000Area 0.6 haCustoms finds 4.7 kg of kush in 15 boxes from Canada at Pasay warehouse
Customs officers and PDEA agents found about 4.7 kg of high-grade marijuana, valued by the Bureau of Customs at P7.119 million, in 15 boxes from Toronto declared as personal effects at a Pasay warehouse. The same shipment carried 28.3 kg of shabu; the Bureau of Customs office at NAIA said an investigation continued before charges are filed.
Cannabis 4.746 kgPDEA and police uproot 10,960 marijuana plants on the Ilocos Sur–Benguet border
PDEA and Philippine National Police teams uprooted and destroyed 10,960 fully grown marijuana plants during a two-day operation on 10 and 11 September 2026 at a plantation on the Licungan–Tacadang boundary. The site covered about 1,760 square metres and the plants were valued at P2.192 million; no cultivator was arrested.
Plants destroyed 10,960Area 0.2 ha129 marijuana plants uprooted after eight-hour trek in Toledo City
On 3 September 2026 Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency teams and police uprooted and burned 129 fully grown marijuana plants worth about 25,800 pesos at Sitio Guincamote, Barangay Captain Claudio, Toledo City. The cultivator known as alias Per, 30, fled before officers arrived.
Plants destroyed 12994.6 kg of kush found in eight abandoned bags at NAIA
Eight unclaimed bags left at the NAIA Terminal 3 conveyor on 1 September 2026 yielded about 94.597 kg of high-grade kush worth P141.895 million after PDEA tip-off, X-ray re-screening and a K-9 positive. The bags were linked to three Bangkok arrivals and turned over to PDEA.
Cannabis 94.597 kgPolice destroy about 750,000 marijuana plants in Loccong
Cordillera police and PDEA destroyed about 750,000 fully grown marijuana plants in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 12 August 2026. Police valued the crop at about PHP 150 million and reported no arrests.
Plants destroyed 750,00048,000 cannabis plants burned in a Kalinga communal forest
Drug agents and police spent two days uprooting and burning 48,000 cannabis plants on 6,000 square metres of a communal forest in Tinglayan, in the mountains of northern Luzon. No one was arrested.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 48,000Area 0.6 ha4 Bangkok passengers arrested with 41.85 kg marijuana at NAIA
Four passengers arriving from Bangkok were arrested at NAIA Terminal 3 on 30 July 2026 after customs found about 41.85 kg of suspected marijuana in eight bags. The Bureau of Customs valued the haul at P62.78 million and turned the suspects over to PDEA for drug-importation charges.
Arrested 4Cannabis 41.851 kg38,400 marijuana plants burned in two-day Tinglayan eradication
PDEA-Cordillera led joint police teams that uprooted and burned 38,400 fully grown marijuana plants worth P7.68 million over 16-17 July 2026 in Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga. The 3,200-square-metre plantation sat on mountainous terrain; no one was arrested, and investigators said they were tracking the cultivators and landowners.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 38,400Area 0.3 ha100,000 marijuana plants burned at Mount Makago-ong
A joint PDEA and police operation uprooted and burned an estimated 100,000 fully grown marijuana plants over two days at Mount Makago-ong, near the Sadanga–Tinglayan boundary, on 11–12 July 2026. Authorities estimated the crop at ₱20 million; no suspects were arrested.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 100,000Area 1 haCustoms seizes P10.15M resin and kush in 4 Clark parcels
Customs officers at the Port of Clark seized four air-express parcels from California and Thailand holding 1,618 grams of marijuana resin and 5,142 grams of kush. The drugs were valued at P10.15 million and turned over to PDEA after warrants of seizure were issued.
Cannabis 6.76 kg23,431 marijuana plants burned after tip-offs in remote Loreto
On 4 July 2026 soldiers, police and PDEA Region 13 uprooted 23,431 marijuana plants valued at six million pesos on a plantation in Sitio Bunlak, Barangay Kasapa, Loreto, Agusan del Sur, after villagers and former insurgents reported the site; armed guards fled and no one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 23,431Police and soldiers destroy 800 marijuana plants in Bukidnon
Joint police and military teams uprooted and destroyed about 800 fully grown marijuana plants in Sitio Salumayag, San Fernando, Bukidnon, on 8 June 2026. The plantation covered about 350 square metres, the plants were burned or destroyed at the site, and 10 hills were retained as evidence.
Plants destroyed 800Area 0 ha456,000 marijuana plants burned in eight Loccong plantations
Cordillera police destroyed eight marijuana plantations on Mount Whatong in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, on 27 May 2026, uprooting 456,000 mature plants, 338,000 seedlings and dried tops the force valued at about ₱162 million. Drone surveillance located the sites; no cultivators were arrested.
Plants destroyed 456,000Area 5.2 ha4,100 marijuana plants burned across seven Benguet plantations
On 29 April 2026 Cordillera police and PDEA-Cordillera uprooted and burned 4,100 fully grown marijuana plants and about 30,000 grams of dried stalks across seven sites in Kibungan, Kapangan and Bakun, which authorities valued at about 4.42 million pesos. No cultivator was caught.
Plants destroyed 4,10015 arrested as Cordillera police burn 72,300 cannabis plants
Police arrested 15 drug suspects, 12 of them high-value individuals, in Cordillera operations on 18 and 19 April 2026. They destroyed about 72,300 marijuana plants — 6,300 in 11 Benguet plantations and about 66,000 in Kalinga — and seized 84,370 grams of dried marijuana in Benguet, with that haul valued at P24.7 million.
Arrested 15Plants destroyed 72,300Area 0.5 haCannabis 84.37 kgMore than 11,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Loreto
Police and partner agencies destroyed more than 11,000 mature cannabis plants and 300 seedlings at Sitio Bagtok, Loreto. No suspects were arrested, though police said they had identified an alleged owner-cultivator.
Plants destroyed 11,3002,880 marijuana plants destroyed at seven sites in Bakun and Kibungan
On 14 April 2026 Cordillera police and PDEA-Cordillera uprooted and burned 2,880 fully grown marijuana plants and about 10.3 kilograms of dried stalks and fruiting tops at seven plantations in Barangays Kayapa, Bakun and Badeo, Kibungan, which authorities valued at 1.81 million pesos. No cultivator was caught.
Plants destroyed 2,880400 marijuana plants uprooted and burned in Badian, Cebu
Police uprooted and burned about 400 marijuana plants in Sitio Lawaan, Sohoton, Badian, Cebu on 8 April 2026. Officers named a 45-year-old farmer as the alleged cultivator and said drug charges were being prepared while he remained in custody for a separate offence.
Plants destroyed 400Ninety marijuana plants uprooted from a greenhouse in Tublay, Benguet
PRO CAR and PDEA-CAR uprooted and destroyed 90 fully grown marijuana plants from a greenhouse in Barangay Caponga, Tublay, on 26 March 2026 under a search warrant issued after a 12 March buy-bust of the owner. Samples went to the regional forensic unit; the standard drug price was PHP 18,000.
Plants destroyed 9010,311 cannabis plants destroyed in Dupax del Sur
Police uprooted 10,311 cannabis plants from a 1,200-square-metre site at Sitio Gunot in Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, on 17 March 2026. The police estimated the crop's street value at ₱20 million, while local coverage reported more than ₱20 million, and said investigators were still identifying those responsible.
Plants destroyed 10,311Area 0.1 haCordillera police destroy 89,240 cannabis plants in 33 eradication operations
Joint Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency teams conducted 33 cannabis-eradication operations from 9 to 15 March 2026, uprooting 87,740 mature plants, 1,500 seedlings and 146.72 kilograms of dried cannabis. Parallel operations arrested 15 drug personalities; 14 grams of shabu is excluded from the cannabis figures.
Arrested 15Plants destroyed 89,240Cannabis 146.72 kgThree Chinese transit passengers held with kush at Clark airport
On 7 March 2026 Bureau of Customs officers at Clark International Airport found 99 vacuum-sealed packs of suspected kush in three carry-on bags belonging to three Chinese nationals in transit from Bangkok to Hong Kong. PDEA Region 3 took custody of the men for investigation under the dangerous drugs act.
Arrested 3Cannabis 15.47 kgPNP and PDEA destroy 63,000 marijuana plants across 18 Ilocos Sur farms
Philippine National Police and PDEA units uprooted and burned 63,000 fully grown marijuana plants plus dried material valued at 16.182 million pesos on plantations covering 13,000 square metres in Ilocos Sur on 6 and 7 March 2026; no one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 63,00011,500 marijuana plants uprooted in second Sulu operation of the year
Joint 1102nd Brigade, PDEA-Sulu and police operatives destroyed two plantations holding 11,500 marijuana plants worth P10.35 million in Barangay Masjid Punjungan, Kalingalan Caluang, on 3 March 2026. PDEA is hunting the plantation owners; it was the town's second such operation after the 13 February raid.
Plants destroyed 11,50021,200 marijuana plants and six rifles seized in Kalingalan Caluang raid
Joint Army, PDEA and police units destroyed about 21,200 marijuana plants worth P18.23 million across upland plantations in Masjid Punjungan and Pitogo, Kalingalan Caluang, on 12 February 2026, recovering three sacks of dried leaves and six high-powered firearms. The growers, led by a suspect known as Mods, escaped.
Plants destroyed 21,200Customs seizes 38 kg of suspected marijuana in 126 parcels at NAIA
Bureau of Customs officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport intercepted 126 abandoned inbound parcels holding about 37,968 grams of suspected marijuana, valued at P56,952,000, between 3 and 6 February 2026. The parcels, declared as clothing and household goods, were turned over to PDEA for laboratory testing and case build-up, with no arrests reported.
Cannabis 37.968 kgSites 126P186 million of marijuana destroyed on the Ilocos Sur–Benguet boundary
From 16 to 21 January 2026 PDEA Region 1 and Philippine National Police teams uprooted and burned marijuana across about 106,500 square metres near Licungan, Sugpon, and the disputed boundary with Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet, destroying 628,295 mature plants, 211,795 seedlings and 135 kg of fruiting tops that authorities valued at P186.4 million. No one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 628,295156,920 marijuana plants destroyed in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur
On 17 January 2026 Philippine National Police and PDEA Region 1 teams uprooted and burned 156,920 fully grown marijuana plants, 93,680 seedlings and 96 kilograms of dried marijuana across 37 plantations in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, valued at about ₱46.8 million; no one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 156,920Area 3.2 haCannabis 96 kg143,000 marijuana plants destroyed across Kalinga and Benguet
Police and PDEA teams destroyed marijuana crops worth P30.46 million in coordinated operations on 13 January 2026: six plantations with 81,500 plants worth P16.3 million in Tinglayan, Kalinga, plus 23 plantations with 61,570 plants, seedlings and dried leaves worth P14.16 million in Kibungan and Kapangan, Benguet. No arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 143,070Police destroy 56,250 marijuana plants in Kalinga and Benguet raids
Police and PDEA teams uprooted and burned 45,000 marijuana plants in Tinglayan, Kalinga and 11,250 in Kibungan and Bakun, Benguet on 24 December 2025, worth P11.25 million, with no growers arrested at the sites.
Plants destroyed 56,250Police burn 23,210 marijuana plants in Kalinga and Benguet raids
Police and PDEA teams uprooted and burned 23,210 marijuana plants plus 18,400 seedlings across Kalinga and Benguet provinces on 5 December 2025, worth over P5.3 million, with no growers arrested at the sites.
Plants destroyed 23,2109.94 kg of kush found in abandoned NAIA suitcase; owner flew to Macau
Customs officers found 9.94 kilos of suspected marijuana kush in 18 pouches inside an unclaimed green suitcase at NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City on 28 November 2025, and the police aviation security group valued the haul at P14.9 million. The bag was traced to a female foreign passenger who had arrived from Bangkok and had already boarded her connecting flight to Macau, so no one was arrested.
Cannabis 9.94 kg92,225 marijuana plants burned in PRO-1 and PDEA raids in Ilocos and La Union
From 23 to 26 October 2025, Police Regional Office 1 and PDEA uprooted and burned 92,225 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,080 seedlings in mountainous Licungan, Sugpon, and Santol, La Union, valued at PHP 18.6 million; no cultivators were arrested.
Plants destroyed 92,22511,502 marijuana plants burned in Tupi, South Cotabato
On 19 October 2025, PDEA Region 12 and police uprooted 11,502 fully grown marijuana plants in the uplands of Barangay Miasong, Tupi, burned most on site, and kept two specimens for laboratory evidence while four alleged cultivators including a leader known as Jan Cris escaped.
Plants destroyed 11,50260,000 marijuana plants uprooted and burned in Tinglayan
Anti-drug teams raided a plantation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 14 and 15 July 2025, uprooting about 60,000 fully grown marijuana plants from some 4,000 square metres of land. The plants were incinerated on site, and no cultivators were caught.
Plants destroyed 60,000Area 0.4 ha34,500 marijuana plants burned in a 2.3-hectare Kalinga plantation
PDEA and police teams uprooted and burned about 34,500 fully grown marijuana plants from a 2.3-hectare plantation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, in a single day of operations on 27 June 2025. PDEA valued the destroyed plants at about P6.9 million, and no cultivator or caretaker was arrested.
Plants destroyed 34,500Area 2.3 haPolice uproot 11,550 cannabis plants in Kalinga and Benguet
Joint police and PDEA teams uprooted and burned 9,000 cannabis plants and 1,200 seedlings in Kalinga and 2,550 plants in Benguet on 19 April 2025, worth P2.36 million, with no cultivators arrested at the sites.
Plants destroyed 11,550Police burn 7,750 cannabis plants in Kalinga and Benguet raids
PRO CAR teams uprooted and burned 6,500 cannabis plants in Loccong, Tinglayan and 1,250 in Tacadang, Kibungan on 4 April 2025, worth P1.55 million. A 31-year-old high-value suspect was also arrested in Baguio City on a drugs warrant.
Plants destroyed 7,75011,043 marijuana plants burned in Malungon, Sarangani
On 6 February 2025 PDEA Region 12, police and the Army's 73rd Infantry Battalion uprooted and burned 11,043 marijuana plants in Barangay B'laan, Malungon, which the agency valued at about 2.2 million pesos; three caretakers fled and samples were kept for prosecution.
Plants destroyed 11,043Cordillera police burn 13,890 marijuana plants in Benguet and Kalinga
Cordillera police torched P5.2 million worth of cannabis in Benguet and Kalinga on 10 December 2024: 9,890 plants plus seedlings and 20 kg of dried material in Bakun and Kibungan, and 4,000 plants in Tinglayan. All plants were uprooted and burned on site, and no cultivators were caught.
Plants destroyed 13,890Cannabis 20 kgPDEG and PDEA destroy 50,800 marijuana plants in Kalinga and Benguet
Philippine drug enforcers uprooted and destroyed at least 50,800 marijuana plants worth P10.28 million in Kalinga and Benguet around 22 November 2024: about 38,000 plants in Buscalan, Tinglayan, and 12,800 plants plus seedlings in Bakun. No cultivators were present.
Plants destroyed 50,800NBI and PDEA clear 15,400 sqm of marijuana in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Joint NBI and PDEA operatives uprooted and burned marijuana plantations worth P15.4 million across 15,400 square metres in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 16 August 2024 under Oplan Green Gold III. No cultivators were reported arrested.
Area 1.5 haOplan Highlander burns 3.3 million marijuana plants in Kalinga
Police and partner agencies uprooted and burned 3,349,500 marijuana plants and 1,575 kg of dried stalks across 27 sites on Mt Chumancil, Tinglayan, in a nine-day operation ending 7 May 2024. Police valued the haul at about P858.8 million; no cultivators were identified.
Plants destroyed 3,349,500Cannabis 1.575 t240,000 marijuana plants burned in Tinglayan communal forest
A joint force of police, soldiers and anti-narcotics agents overran an 8,000-square-metre marijuana plantation in a communal forest in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 1 May 2024, uprooting and burning 240,000 mature plants police valued at P48 million.
Plants destroyed 240,000Area 0.8 haPDEA destroys P771 million of marijuana in 200 Cordillera operations
The PDEA's Cordillera unit destroyed about P771 million worth of marijuana plants in 200 eradication operations between January and 16 October 2023, most of them in Benguet and Kalinga. Kalinga accounted for the largest share by value at P624.5 million.
Oplan Herodotus 3 destroys 693,615 marijuana plants in Cordillera
Police, PDEA and drug-enforcement units destroyed 693,615 fully grown marijuana plants, 35,560 seedlings and 75 kg of dried leaves worth PHP149.1 million in 29 raids across Benguet and Kalinga from 16 to 23 July 2023. Ten people were arrested in separate operations for methamphetamine, not cannabis.
Plants destroyed 693,615Cannabis 75 kgP12.9M of marijuana plants uprooted in Sulu plantation raid
On 6 June 2023 police, PDEA and military units uprooted and destroyed a 15,000-square-metre marijuana plantation in Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu, valued at PHP12.9 million and allegedly cultivated by a man known as Maddi Khan.
Area 1.5 haPDEA and police burn P17.8M of marijuana in Tinglayan
PDEA and police uprooted and torched full-grown marijuana plants worth about P17.8 million at two sites in Sitio Balay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, during a three-day eradication campaign on 18 to 20 February 2023.
Nine sacks of marijuana bricks weighing 358 kg seized in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Kalinga police and anti-drug agents recovered nine sacks holding 358 kilos of dried marijuana bricks and tubular packs worth P42.96 million beside the road at Sitio Silay in Barangay Poblacion, Tinglayan. Residents had tipped them that unidentified men planned to carry the marijuana to Tabuk City, but the men abandoned the sacks and no one was arrested.
Arrested 0Cannabis 358 kg12,000 marijuana plants burned on a 1.2-hectare plantation in Tabuk City
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned about 12,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth P2.4 million at Sitio Binongsay in Barangay Malin-awa, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on 4 and 5 August 2022. No cultivators were arrested.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 12,000Area 1.2 ha310,100 cannabis plants burned in three-day Tinglayan eradication
Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives uprooted and burned about 310,100 fully grown cannabis plants in Barangays Buscalan, Butbut Proper and Loccong in Tinglayan, Kalinga, from 24 to 26 June 2022, valuing them at P62 million. No cultivator was arrested.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 310,100Area 2.6 ha75,000 marijuana plants destroyed in Bugnay, Kalinga
Police and PDEA operatives uprooted and burned 75,000 fully grown marijuana plants at eight plantation sites in Barangay Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 11 and 12 March 2022, valuing them at 15 million pesos. No cultivators were caught.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 75,000Area 0.7 ha137,000 marijuana plants burned in Tinglayan, no arrests
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned 137,000 marijuana plants worth about 25.8 million pesos at five sites in Sitio Ballay, Tulgao, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 11 and 12 June 2021. No cultivators were caught, and officers said the hunt for the plantation operators continued.
Plants destroyed 137,00088,400 marijuana plants burned on Mount Chumanchill, Kalinga
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned 88,400 marijuana plants plus dried leaves, seeds and stalks worth about 40.8 million pesos on Mount Chumanchill in Tinglayan from 6 to 9 May 2021. No growers were caught at the three plantation sites.
Plants destroyed 88,400Area 0.9 haCannabis 240 kg43,000 marijuana plants burned in Kalinga operation
Cordillera police and PDEA agents uprooted and burned 43,000 fully grown marijuana plants at four sites in Barangay Ngibat, Tinglayan, in a three-day operation ending 14 April 2021. The haul and 400 grams of dried leaves were valued at 8.648 million pesos.
Plants destroyed 43,000Area 0.4 haof it destroyed 400 g69,800 marijuana plants burned in three-day Bugnay operation
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned at least 69,800 marijuana plants worth about PHP 14 million from a 4-hectare plantation in Bugnay, Tinglayan, in operations from 18 to 20 September 2020 under Oplan 17: Quebec Jolly Green.
Plants destroyed 69,800Area 4 ha63,200 marijuana plants uprooted in Tinglayan eradication drive
Joint police and anti-drug units uprooted about 63,200 fully grown marijuana plants worth PHP12.64 million on 7,900 square metres in Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 4 July 2020. No grower was arrested in the operation, run under Oplan 07 Hawk Pumadcha.
Plants destroyed 63,200Area 0.8 ha22,000 marijuana plants burned in Sulu plantation raid
On 1 May 2020 joint Marines and PDEA operatives uprooted and burned about 22,000 marijuana plants worth P5.1 million in Sitio Mangal-Mangal, Masjid Punjungan, Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu. The plantation was linked to Sahabi, described as an Abu Sayyaf supporter, and no one was arrested after the site was found empty.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 22,000Area 0.2 ha15,000 marijuana stalks uprooted and burned in Cebu City's Tagbao
Police uprooted 15,000 fully grown marijuana plants in three plantations in Sitio Mangabon, Barangay Tagbao, Cebu City, on 25 February 2020, and burned them on the spot. The City Mobile Force Company valued the plants at least P6 million, said it was still identifying the grower, and reported no arrests.
Plants destroyed 15,000240,500 marijuana plants burned in Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga
Joint police and PDEA teams uprooted and burned 240,500 marijuana plants worth about 49.6 million pesos across nine sites in Loccong, Tinglayan, in a 27-29 June 2019 operation; no cultivator was arrested.
Plants destroyed 240,500Area 1.4 ha28,300 marijuana plants and 1,000 seedlings burned in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Anti-narcotics teams uprooted and burned 28,300 marijuana plants and 1,000 seedlings across ten plantation sites in Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, in a 27–29 May 2019 operation. The plants covered 2,931 square metres and were valued at about 5.6 million pesos; no cultivators were found on site.
Plants destroyed 29,300Area 0.3 ha107,600 marijuana plants uprooted and burned in Loccong, Kalinga
Police and anti-drug teams uprooted and burned 107,600 marijuana plants across 5,650 square metres in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, during a 13 to 15 March 2019 operation. The haul was valued at 21.52 million pesos; the environment department later said the burning fire spread to a nearby pine reforestation site.
Plants destroyed 107,600Area 0.6 ha45,500 marijuana plants destroyed in Tinglayan two-day operation
Anti-narcotics agents, police and soldiers uprooted and burned 45,500 marijuana plants worth PHP 11.6 million across eleven plantation sites in Buscalan and Butbut, Tinglayan, on 29 and 30 August 2018. No cultivator was arrested in the fourth major eradication wave in the town that year.
Plants destroyed 45,500860,000 marijuana plants burned in Kalinga in Oplan Five Fingers raids
Police and PDEA agents uprooted and burned about 860,000 marijuana plants worth 17.48 million pesos across 15 sites in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 27 to 29 April 2018. No cultivator was arrested; police said identities were being validated so charges could follow.
Plants destroyed 860,0002,822 marijuana stalks uprooted in Cebu City's Tagbao
Police uprooted 2,822 marijuana stalks from a government lot in Sitio Mapa, Barangay Tagbao, Cebu City, at dawn on 2 March 2018. No one was arrested, and police said the grower was unknown and put the stalks' market value at P203,350.
Plants destroyed 2,822Man arrested as NBI uproots cannabis in Luinab, Iligan City
NBI agents with PDEA, police and soldiers raided two adjacent marijuana plantations in Purok 5, Barangay Luinab, Iligan City, on 28 February 2018 and arrested a man the agency named as Jason Salogan Ermac. The NBI said six plants were taken from him and about 100 uprooted hills were found in the ground, while its regional office put the plantations at a hectare each.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 100Sites 2PDEA and police destroy 10,000 plants on Mount Chumanchil in Kalinga
PDEA and police teams uprooted and burned 10,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth two million pesos on Mount Chumanchil in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 18 July 2015, making no arrests.
Plants destroyed 10,000Area 0.1 haPolice burn P9.4 million in marijuana plants in Kibungan and Bakun
Police and PDEA teams uprooted about 60,300 marijuana plants and seedlings worth about P9.4 million across plantation sites in Kibungan and Bakun, Benguet, in raids reported on 15 February 2015. No growers were reported arrested.
Plants destroyed 60,300203,650 marijuana plants destroyed in Benguet in Oplan Daydreamer II
Six police and PDEA teams destroyed 203,650 marijuana plants plus seedlings, leaves, stalks and seeds worth P54.6 million across plantation sites in Kibungan, Bakun and Kapangan, Benguet, on 12–15 December 2013. A minor caught harvesting was turned over to social workers.
Plants destroyed 203,650PDEA seizes P5.5M marijuana plants in Kalinga operations
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Kalinga police seized P5.5 million worth of marijuana in operations reported on 5 September 2011, including 20 bricks of dried leaves abandoned at a Tinglayan checkpoint and around 25,000 uprooted plants near Tabuk City. No cultivator was reported arrested.
Plants destroyed 25,0008,100 marijuana plants uprooted in La Paz, Agusan del Sur
A joint police, military and PDEA team uprooted 8,100 marijuana plants from a 2,000-square-metre field in La Paz, Agusan del Sur, in an operation dubbed OPLAN DAHON 01-10. The plants were valued at about P1.6 million and no one was found at the site.
Plants destroyed 8,100Area 0.2 haPDEA says 3 million marijuana plants uprooted in tri-border drive
PDEA said a joint drive with police, soldiers and NBI officers had uprooted about three million marijuana plants across some 14 hectares at the Ilocos Sur-La Union-Benguet tri-boundary since 20 January 2010, valuing the haul at P1 billion. One person was arrested, and the drive's first three days alone had yielded 765,700 plants and one arrest.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 3,000,000Area 14 ha103 kg of marijuana bricks seized from Isabela bus
Anti-drug officers intercepted 103 kg of dried marijuana bricks hidden in four cigarette boxes in a passenger bus cargo hold at Sitio Tubong, Santa Maria, Isabela on 21 January 2010. The shipment was consigned to a man in Quezon City, but the shippers were never identified.
Cannabis 103 kg186,930 marijuana plants destroyed across 22 hectares in Benguet
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, army and police teams uprooted 150,320 mature marijuana plants and 36,610 seedlings across 22 hectares at 36 sites in Kibungan and Bakun, Benguet, in a three-day operation ending 5 December 2008; Cordillera police valued the haul at about ₱31.5 million and burned it at Camp Dangwa.
Plants destroyed 186,930Area 22 ha32,400 marijuana plants destroyed in Benguet and La Union
Anti-narcotics and police teams uprooted about 32,400 marijuana plants worth some 54 million pesos near the Benguet-La Union boundary in early February 2008. The plants were destroyed after joint operations in Kibungan, Benguet and Santol, La Union prompted by residents' tip-offs.
Plants destroyed 32,400450,000 marijuana plants burned in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Police and soldiers uprooted about 450,000 fully grown marijuana plants on Mt Bitolayongan in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 26 April 2007, burning plants officials valued at P90 million. It finished a campaign that had already destroyed P21 million worth of plants in March.
Plants destroyed 450,000Police burn 500,000-plant marijuana farm in Nueva Vizcaya
Police in Nueva Vizcaya burned more than 500,000 marijuana plants on a three-hectare mountain farm at the Dupax del Sur-Alfonso Castaneda boundary, which they valued at P500 million. No suspects were arrested at the site.
Plants destroyed 500,000Area 3 ha168,000 marijuana plants uprooted in Sugpon; guns and explosives seized
Police, army special operations troops and PDEA uprooted about 168,000 mature marijuana plants and seedlings across 5.5 hectares in 24 sites at Barangay Caoayan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, valued at ₱36.4 million. Santos and Pepito Alkadis were named as suspects but were not at the site; officers also seized a rifle, grenade and blasting materials.
Plants destroyed 168,000Area 5.5 ha500,000 cannabis plants uprooted in Buguias raid linked to NPA rebels
Anti-drugs task force officers uprooted about 500,000 marijuana plants valued at about 100 million pesos at Sitio Soukan, Buguias, Benguet in November 2005. The plantation near the Benguet-Mountain Province-Ifugao boundary was allegedly maintained by communist rebels; no one was arrested and the plants were burned on site.
Plants destroyed 500,000PDEA and Kalinga police destroy 200,000 cannabis plants in Tinglayan
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Kalinga police uprooted about 200,000 fully grown marijuana plants from 7.4 hectares across two Tinglayan barangays in a two-day operation, valued by authorities at about ₱40 million; samples were burned ceremonially in Tabuk on 17 August 2005.
Plants destroyed 200,000Area 7.4 haPolice destroy 170,000 marijuana plants near Santol, La Union
A three-day police operation destroyed about 170,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth about 34 million pesos on 12,500 square metres near the La Union, Benguet and Ilocos Sur tri-boundary in late February 2005. Officers burned most of the plants on site after finding bamboo irrigation tubes across the plots.
Plants destroyed 170,000Area 1.3 ha100,000 marijuana plants burned in Mt Chumanchil, Kalinga
Soldiers and anti-narcotics agents uprooted and burned more than 100,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth over ₱20 million on Mt Chumanchil in Tinglayan, Kalinga; the regional drug agency said no cultivator was caught.
Plants destroyed 100,000