15,000 marijuana plants uprooted in Danao City, Cebu
Police of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-7 uprooted 15,000 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,000 seedlings at a plantation in Barangay Togonon, Danao City, Cebu, and burned most of them on the spot. Police valued the plants at about P8 million and did not say whether any planter had been caught.
🇵🇭 Barangay Togonon, Danao City, Cebu · Philippines
Plants destroyed
15,000
Seeds
5,000
Agencies
Regional Mobile Force Battalion-7, Danao City Police Station +2
Police of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-7 destroyed a marijuana plantation
in Barangay Togonon, Danao City, Cebu, on Sunday 1 March 2020.[1]Police
Captain Emmanuel Rabaya, who headed the operation, said a tip from one of the
residents of the area helped the team locate the plantation.[1]
The operation was run by the battalion’s 703rd Maneuver Company, joined by the
Danao City Police Station, the Cebu Provincial Police Office Mobile Force
Company and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7).[2]The teams
uprooted 15,000 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,000 seedlings.[2]Police
valued the destroyed plants at about P8 million.[2]
Because the plantation was large and lay far from the nearest road, police took
only a few plants as evidence and burned the rest on the spot.[2]Police did
not say whether any planter had been caught, but noted that the plants were
clean and well tended and that the ground around them had been cleared.[2]
Photos and video
Police photo of the marijuana plantation in Barangay Togonon, Danao City, Cebu. Photo: RMFB-7, provided photo.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
15,000
Seeds
5,000
Value (official estimate)
PHP 8,000,000
Agencies
Regional Mobile Force Battalion-7, 703rd Maneuver Company; Danao City Police Station; Cebu Provincial Police Office Mobile Force Company; 🇵🇭Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
The sources give no separate date for the operation; 1 March 2020 is the day The Freeman reported the destruction, and 2 March is Banat's publication date.
No area in hectares and no weight in kilograms were published for the plantation.
Police did not say whether any planter had been caught, so no arrest is recorded.
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