PNP 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.
The Philippine National Police carried out 24 eradication operations in the Cordillera Administrative
Region from 16 to 22 March 2026.[1]The campaign focused on Benguet areas where illegal cultivation
had been reported.[1]
Police said the operations destroyed around 72,900 fully grown cannabis plants, 420 seedlings and
more than 454,000 grams of dried cannabis leaves, stalks and fruiting tops.[1]The reported value
of the seized plants and products was PHP69,172,200.[1]
The PNP said it would continue monitoring and enforcement against cannabis cultivation in the
region.[1]
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Police personnel inspect cannabis plants in a Cordillera plantation during the March eradication campaign.Photo details
The source says around 72,900 mature plants and more than 454,000 grams of dried material, so the database figures are lower-bound or rounded values rather than exact totals.
The report does not identify the individual operation sites or report arrests.
The source attributes the account to the PNP and gives no independent witness account.
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.
