2,822 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.
🇵🇭 Sitio Mapa, Barangay Tagbao, Cebu City, Cebu · Philippines
The City Mobile Force Company of the Cebu City Police Office uprooted 2,822
marijuana stalks in Sitio Mapa, Barangay Tagbao, Cebu City, on the morning of 2
March 2018.[1]Officers removed 1,285 fully grown and 1,537 young marijuana
stalks.[1]ABS-CBN News reported that nearly 3,000 stalks were uprooted.[2]No one was arrested and it was still unknown who was growing the plants.[2]
Superintendent Tim Alam, commander of the City Mobile Force Company, said a
concerned citizen reported a marijuana plantation in Sitio Mapa, which prompted
his team to check the area.[1]The team raided the area at dawn on Friday.[1]Alam said the plants were on a government lot in a secluded area of the
village.[2]
Police put the estimated market value of the stalks at P203,350.[1]ABS-CBN
News estimated the stalks to be worth over P300,000.[2]The uprooted stalks
were to be turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for proper
disposal.[2]Authorities said they would conduct an investigation to determine
the owner of the plantation.[1]
Photos and video
Uprooted marijuana stalks laid out after the eradication in a village in Cebu City on 2 March 2018. Photo: Rhea Soco, ABS-CBN NewsPhoto details
ABS-CBN News reported nearly 3,000 stalks worth over P300,000, while Cebu Daily News counted 2,822 stalks with an estimated market value of P203,350; this report uses the Cebu Daily News count and valuation.
The two accounts split the same 2,822 stalks differently: ABS-CBN lists 1,285 young and 1,537 fully grown stalks, while Cebu Daily News lists 1,285 fully grown and 1,537 young.
No arrests were reported and the cultivator's identity remained unknown.
No figure for the area of the plantation was published.
The live Cebu Daily News page could not be opened and its text was read from an archived capture.
The Cebu Daily News photograph of the operation carried no recoverable direct image address, so only the ABS-CBN photo is listed.
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