PDEA and police uproot 10,960 marijuana plants on the Ilocos Sur–Benguet border
PDEA and Philippine National Police teams uprooted and destroyed 10,960 fully grown marijuana plants during a two-day operation on 10 and 11 September 2026 at a plantation on the Licungan–Tacadang boundary. The site covered about 1,760 square metres and the plants were valued at P2.192 million; no cultivator was arrested.
🇵🇭 Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur and Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet · Philippines
PDEA and Philippine National Police teams uprooted and destroyed 10,960 fully grown marijuana plants during operations on 10 and 11 September 2026.[1][2]The plantation lay between Barangay Licungan in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Barangay Tacadang in Kibungan, Benguet.[1][2]
The reported plantation covered about 1,760 square metres, or 0.176 hectares, and the Dangerous Drugs Board valuation was about 2.192 million pesos.[1][2]No cultivator was arrested.[1][2]
Authorities said they were verifying the land ownership and would pursue unidentified cultivators under the drug law.[1][2]
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