25,000 marijuana plants burned in Buscalan, Kalinga
Police and PDEA operatives burned about 25,000 fully grown marijuana plants in Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, during a clearing operation from 28 to 29 March 2022. The PNP valued the plants at 5 million pesos and said no cultivators were arrested.
No cultivators were arrested during the two-day clearing operation, the
Philippine National Police said.[1]Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA) operatives cleared a cannabis plantation in Buscalan, Tinglayan,
Kalinga.[2]The clearing ran from 6 a.m. on 28 March to 10 a.m. on 29 March
2022.[3]The team included police drug enforcement and intelligence units, the
Kalinga police provincial office, the Tinglayan municipal police station,
regional mobile force units and PDEA Kalinga.[2]
Officers found about 25,000 fully grown marijuana plants planted in roughly
2,500 square metres (0.25 hectares) of land.[1]The plants were burned on the
spot, and the PNP put their estimated standard drug price at 5 million pesos
(PHP 5,000,000).[2]
PNP chief Dionardo Carlos said the discovery was part of the police force’s
summer offensive against cannabis cultivation in Luzon.[2]He commended the
combined PNP and PDEA forces and called for continued eradication in the
Cordillera mountains.[1]He also said police would intensify efforts to track
down those behind the plantations and put them behind bars.[1]
Case data
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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.
