NBI and PDEA clear 15,400 sqm of marijuana in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Joint NBI and PDEA operatives uprooted and burned marijuana plantations worth P15.4 million across 15,400 square metres in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 16 August 2024 under Oplan Green Gold III. No cultivators were reported arrested.
Joint operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed two marijuana plantation
sites in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 16 August 2024.[1][2]The operation, part of
Oplan Green Gold III, was carried out by the NBI Bayombong District Office
together with PDEA-Kalinga and other units.[2]It began after PDEA-Kalinga
asked the NBI to investigate a reported plantation in the province.[1]
The two sites spanned 15,400 square metres and held marijuana worth P15.4
million.[1][2]The plants were uprooted, inventoried and burned on-site by
the joint operatives.[1]NBI Director Jaime Santiago vowed the agency would
remain steadfast in its campaign to eradicate illegal drugs.[1]
The NBI Bayombong office later listed the raid among its 2024 accomplishments
at a July 2025 flag-raising ceremony at the Nueva Vizcaya provincial
capitol.[2]The reports name no arrests of cultivators at the sites.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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.
