Philippine National Police (PNP)
🇵🇭 Philippines · Police · 34 reports
- People arrested
- 47
- Plants destroyed
- 7,709,813
- Cannabis seized
- 2.5599 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
27 drug arrests and 1.54 g of marijuana in a CALABARZON 24-hour sweep
Police arrested 27 drug suspects in 19 operations across the CALABARZON region of the Philippines in the 24 hours from 6 a.m. on 8 November to 6 a.m. on 9 November 2026, seizing 1.54 grams of marijuana alongside about 65.56 grams of shabu. In the same anti-criminality campaign officers arrested 153 wanted persons, including 45 most wanted, and 311 people in illegal gambling operations.
Arrested 27Cannabis 1.54 g1.56 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 kg62-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 kg544,000 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 haPDEA 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 ha94,500 marijuana plants destroyed in Tinglayan weekend operation
Joint police teams uprooted and burned about 94,500 fully grown marijuana plants worth P18.9 million in Loccong and Buscalan, Tinglayan, over the weekend of 1–2 August 2026, the PNP's largest haul in 24-hour nationwide anti-drug operations. No cultivators were arrested.
Plants destroyed 94,500456,000 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 haPNP destroys about 94,918 marijuana plants in Cordillera campaign
The Philippine National Police reported 22 eradication operations across the Cordillera from 13 to 19 April 2026. The campaign uprooted about 94,918 marijuana plants, seized 56.6 kilograms of dried material and was valued at about PHP25.7 million.
Plants destroyed 94,918Cannabis 56.6 kgCordillera police burn 71,895 cannabis plants and 70.61 kg of dried material
A week-long Cordillera campaign from 6 to 12 April 2026 comprised 18 operations, burned 71,873 fully grown cannabis plants and 22 seedlings, and destroyed about 70.61 kilograms of dried cannabis stalks, leaves and fruiting tops valued at PHP22,856,305. Police also arrested one high-value suspect in Benguet.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 71,895Cannabis 70.61 kg400 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 400PNP destroys more than 108,000 cannabis plants in Benguet and Kalinga
The Philippine National Police said a week-long campaign from 23 to 29 March 2026 destroyed more than PHP28.5 million worth of marijuana in 24 operations across Benguet and Kalinga. The report counted more than 80,000 fully grown plants and over 57 kilograms of dried marijuana in 22 Benguet operations, plus 28,000 plants destroyed in two Kalinga operations.
Plants destroyed 108,000Cannabis 57 kgPNP destroys about 73,320 plants and more than 454 kg of dried cannabis in Cordillera
The Philippine National Police conducted 24 eradication operations in the Cordillera from 16 to 22 March 2026, destroying around 72,900 fully grown cannabis plants, 420 seedlings and more than 454 kilograms of dried cannabis leaves, stalks and fruiting tops. The PNP valued the plants and products at PHP69,172,200.
Plants destroyed 73,320Cannabis 454 kgCordillera 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 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 63,00021,200 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 21,200P186 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 kg9.94 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 kg34,500 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 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 7,750PDEG 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 50,800Oplan 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 tOplan 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 ha37,200 marijuana plants uprooted and burned in Tinglayan communal forest
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned about 37,200 fully grown marijuana plants in four plantations in Buscalan and Butbut, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 29 and 30 April 2023. Police valued the plants at about P7.4 million, said they were grown on communal forest land, and made no arrests.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 37,200PDEA 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.
Three arrested in Tarlac buy-bust with P4.6M marijuana
Police arrested three Mountain Province men in a buy-bust in Barangay San Nicolas, Tarlac City on 2 May 2021. Officers seized 24 marijuana bricks and 26 rolled leaves valued at P4.6 million plus two bottles of cannabis oil, which police linked to a group operating in Tarlac, Pangasinan and Mountain Province.
Arrested 343,000 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 g63,200 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 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 haPDEA 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 haPDEA 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 25,000375,000 marijuana plants uprooted on the Sugpon–Bacun boundary
Philippine army and police forces uprooted 375,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at about ₱75 million from a 25-hectare plantation on the Sugpon, Ilocos Sur–Bacun, Benguet boundary after discovering it on Saturday 3 February 2007; the two-day operation was still under way when the report was filed.
Plants destroyed 375,000Area 25 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 500,000