Three marijuana plantations destroyed in Dupax del Sur
Police destroyed three marijuana plantation sites in Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, on 23 March 2026. Reports valued the destroyed crop at PHP12.9 million and PHP20 million, while giving no plant count or area.
🇵🇭 Sitio Pinakdetan and Little Kapangan Sites 1 and 2, Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya · Philippines
Police destroyed three marijuana plantation sites in Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, on 23 March 2026.[1][2]The Philippine Information Agency identified the sites as Sitio Pinakdetan, Little Kapangan Site 1 and Little Kapangan Site 2.[2]
The Manila Times reported that the destroyed crop was worth PHP12.9 million, while the PIA later gave an estimate of PHP20 million.[1][2]Pilipino Star Ngayon said the three operations found fertiliser and an organised irrigation system, and that no cultivator was found; police burned and destroyed the plantations.[3]
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A person burns uprooted cannabis plants at a forested plantation site.Photo details
The reports do not give a count of plants destroyed or the area of the three sites.
The Manila Times and Pilipino Star Ngayon report a PHP12.9 million estimate, while the later PIA report gives PHP20 million; the database uses the queued primary report's figure.
The reports say no cultivator was found but do not identify suspects or report an arrest.
The coordinates mark Barangay Kimbutan; the three upland sites are not mapped individually.
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