277,050 marijuana plants burned in Benguet and Kalinga sweep
Police and anti-drug operatives uprooted and burned 277,050 marijuana plants plus 2,500 seedlings worth 55.51 million pesos at twelve plantation sites in Benguet and Kalinga from 17 to 20 May 2021. No growers were reported caught at the sites.
Joint operatives of the Police Regional Office Cordillera and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency destroyed 55.51 million pesos worth of marijuana plants in eradication operations in Benguet and Kalinga from 17 to 20 May 2021.[1][2]The operations covered five plantation sites in Benguet and seven in Kalinga, twelve sites in total.[1][2]
In Benguet, a three-day operation starting 17 May found 8,650 fully grown marijuana plants worth 1.73 million pesos on about 1,100 square metres of communal land at Sitio Dalipey, Tacadang.[1][2]In Kalinga, two-day operations on 19 and 20 May found 268,400 fully grown plants worth 53.68 million pesos and 2,500 seedlings worth 100,000 pesos across 29,400 square metres of mountainous plantations at Butbut Proper.[1][2]
In total 277,050 fully grown plants and 2,500 seedlings were uprooted and burned on site after documentation.[1][2]The reports name no growers caught, suspects or arrests at any of the sites.[1][2]
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Uprooted marijuana plants from the Benguet and Kalinga eradication operations. Photo: PROCOR-PIO via Filipino News SentinelPhoto details
Police confiscated 2,230 fully grown marijuana plants from three plantation sites in Kapangan, Benguet, which police valued at P446,000. The eradication was carried out separately by provincial operating units with no plantation arrests named.
Cordillera police destroyed 548,130 marijuana plants and 9,000 seedlings in 14 operations from 25 October to 1 November 2026, arresting six drug suspects. A parallel manhunt arrested 28 other fugitives, bringing the week's total reported arrests to 34.
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.
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.
