Cordillera police seize P2.7M in drugs, arrest 8 in week of operations
Police ran 12 anti-drug operations across the Cordillera from 19 to 25 October, arresting eight suspects and seizing P2.7 million in drugs. Officers destroyed 1,150 marijuana plants and 1,200 seedlings and seized 20 kilograms of leaves and fruiting tops.
🇵🇭 Cordillera Administrative Region · Philippines
- Arrested
- 8
- Plants destroyed
- 1,150
- Cannabis
- 20 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- PHP 2,700,000
From 19 to 25 October 2026, the Police Regional Office Cordillera ran 12 anti-drug operations across the region, arresting eight suspects and seizing P2.7 million in illegal drugs.[1] The week’s work mixed five buy-busts with five marijuana eradication operations and two police responses.[1]
Authorities destroyed 1,150 marijuana plants and 1,200 seedlings, and seized 20 kilograms of marijuana leaves and fruiting tops alongside a small amount of shabu.[1] Benguet accounted for P2.68 million of the total, with smaller confiscations in Baguio City, Abra and Kalinga.[1] Regional police urged communities to keep reporting suspicious activity.[1]
Sources
- Cordillera police seize P2.7M drugs, arrest 8. Luzonwide News Correspondent, 29 October 2026.
