Operatives of the Benguet police, the Regional Public Safety Battalion, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Cordillera raided plantations in three Benguet towns on 12–15 December.[1] Working in six groups under Oplan Daydreamer II 2013, drawn up by company commander Lambert Suerte under provincial police director Rodolfo Azurin Jr., they destroyed 203,650 fully grown marijuana plants, 1,520 seedlings, 17 kilos of leaves, 106 kilos of stalks and 5 kilos of seeds, valued at P54,590,800.[1]
In Sitio Bayog, Kayapa, Bakun, six sites held 62,500 fully grown plants worth P12.5 million.[1] In Tacadang and Badeo, Kibungan, teams found 18 sites with 26,850 plants and 12 kilos of leaves worth P5.67 million, five sites with 12,500 plants, 40 kilos of stalks and 3 kilos of seeds worth P7.575 million, and 10 sites in Sitio Batangan valued at P10.275 million.[1] In Sitio Tableo, Badeo, 12 sites held 56,100 plants, 60 kilos of stalks and 2 kilos of seeds valued at P18.77 million, while two sites in Sitio Baokok, Belingbelis, Kapangan held 2,700 plants and 1,500 seedlings worth P600,000.[1]
In Sitio Payakpak, Badeo, a minor caught harvesting marijuana plants was turned over to the Kibungan social welfare officer in the presence of the village chairman.[1] Teams uprooted and burned everything found on site, keeping a few plants as evidence at the provincial police office, then held dialogues with residents on the ill effects of growing marijuana.[1] The newly installed regional police director, Isagani Nerez, praised the teams and urged planters to take up legal livelihoods instead.[1]
