75,000 marijuana plants destroyed in Bugnay, Kalinga
Police and PDEA operatives uprooted and burned 75,000 fully grown marijuana plants at eight plantation sites in Barangay Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 11 and 12 March 2022, valuing them at 15 million pesos. No cultivators were caught.
Officers of the Police Regional Office Cordillera and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency destroyed 75,000 fully grown marijuana plants at eight plantation sites in Barangay Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 11 and 12 March 2022.[1][2]The two-day operation, dubbed OPLAN MARITES, covered about 7,150 square metres, and the plants were uprooted and burned on site at an estimated value of 15 million pesos.[1]No cultivators were apprehended, and an investigation to identify them was under way.[1]
The operation followed OPLAN HERODOTUS 2 in the same province, and reports were submitted to PROCOR regional director Ronald Oliver Lee.[1][2]
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Operatives holding banners at a marijuana plantation in Bugnay during OPLAN MARITES. Photo: PROCOR-PIO via Filipino News Sentinel.Photo details
No cultivators were apprehended, and the investigation to identify them had no reported outcome.
The Northern Philippine Times item also reports eight bricks of dried marijuana found by a roadside in Dangoy, Lubuagan, a separate event left out here.
Police confiscated 2,230 fully grown marijuana plants from three plantation sites in Kapangan, Benguet, which police valued at P446,000. The eradication was carried out separately by provincial operating units with no plantation arrests named.
Cordillera police destroyed 548,130 marijuana plants and 9,000 seedlings in 14 operations from 25 October to 1 November 2026, arresting six drug suspects. A parallel manhunt arrested 28 other fugitives, bringing the week's total reported arrests to 34.
Police destroyed three marijuana plantations in Kapangan and Kibungan, Benguet, on 30 October 2026, seizing 1,150 mature plants and 1,000 seedlings. Police valued the plants at P270,000 and burned them on site while seeking those responsible.
Kalinga police uprooted and burned 544,000 fully grown marijuana plants across seven sites in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, on 27 October 2026, an operation the provincial office valued at about ₱108.8 million. No cultivators were arrested.
