241 marijuana bricks worth P29 million recovered after Kalinga checkpoint chase
Police recovered 241 marijuana bricks and one tubular pack weighing 242 kg and valued at P29.04 million from an abandoned vehicle in Lacnog, Tabuk City on 23 February 2023, after its driver evaded a checkpoint at Dangoy, Lubuagan; a manhunt for the driver was under way.
🇵🇭 Dangoy, Lubuagan and Lacnog, Tabuk City, Kalinga · Philippines
Police operatives ran a hot-pursuit operation on 23 February 2023 after a
driver evaded a checkpoint at Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy, in Lubuagan,
Kalinga.[1][2]The vehicle was later found abandoned in New Balbalan, Lacnog,
Tabuk City, holding 241 marijuana bricks and one tubular pack of marijuana
weighing about 242,000 grams, with an overall standard drug price of
P29,040,000.[1][2]Officers marked and inventoried the haul on site in the
presence of a media representative, a Department of Justice representative and
a Lacnog barangay kagawad, while a manhunt for the driver continued.[1][2]
In a side-by-side operation the same day in Benguet, Bakun police found five
marijuana plantation sites at Sitio Dayag, Ca-ang and Matacadang in Barangay
Kayapa, Bakun, and uprooted and burned 2,130 fully grown marijuana plants
worth P426,000 on site.[1][2]No cultivator was identified and no arrest
there was reported.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
0
Plants destroyed
2,130
Cannabis
242 kg
Value (official estimate)
PHP 29,040,000
Agency
Bakun Municipal Police Station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (242 kg); Living plants (2,130 plants)
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Arrested 46Plants destroyed 0Area 0 haCannabis 12.19 g
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