240,500 marijuana plants burned in Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga
Joint police and PDEA teams uprooted and burned 240,500 marijuana plants worth about 49.6 million pesos across nine sites in Loccong, Tinglayan, in a 27-29 June 2019 operation; no cultivator was arrested.
Joint operatives of the national police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency destroyed 240,500 fully grown marijuana plants in Tinglayan, Kalinga,
in a three-day operation from 27 to 29 June 2019.[1]The eradication,
covered by Oplan Green Pearl Charlie, targeted drug-affected barangays in
Tinglayan, particularly Barangay Loccong.[1]
The plants covered 14,200 square metres across nine plantation sites and
were valued at about 49.6 million pesos, police Drug Enforcement Group
director Brig. Gen. Ignatius Ferro said.[1]No cultivator was arrested
during the operation, but Ferro said troops would keep monitoring the area.[1]He said the operation warned growers to stop and reminded Loccong’s
anti-drug council to strengthen its campaign, noting that cultivation is
banned under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.[1]
Case data
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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.
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