Police uprooted 10,311 cannabis plants from a 1,200-square-metre site at Sitio Gunot in Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, on 17 March 2026. The police estimated the crop's street value at ₱20 million, while local coverage reported more than ₱20 million, and said investigators were still identifying those responsible.
🇵🇭 Sitio Gunot, Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur · Philippines
A resident alerted police to the plantation, which officers first found during routine monitoring on 16 March 2026.[1][2]The eradication operation began at about 3 a.m. the following day in the mountainous Sitio Gunot area of Barangay Kimbutan.[2]The site was in a remote upland area accessible only by a four-hour trek, the Philippine Information Agency reported.[1]
Police uprooted 10,311 fully grown plants spread across about 1,200 square metres.[1][2]The PIA put the crop’s estimated street value at ₱20 million, while Bombo Radyo Cauayan reported an estimate above ₱20 million.[1][2]The operation was led by Dupax del Sur police with the provincial mobile force company and police intelligence unit; representatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, barangay officials and the Department of Justice were present.[1]
Police said the investigation would continue to identify those responsible for the plantation.[1][2]Neither report named a suspect or reported an arrest.[1][2]
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