456,000 marijuana plants burned in eight Loccong plantations
Cordillera police destroyed eight marijuana plantations on Mount Whatong in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, on 27 May 2026, uprooting 456,000 mature plants, 338,000 seedlings and dried tops the force valued at about ₱162 million. Drone surveillance located the sites; no cultivators were arrested.
Police Regional Office–Cordillera teams uprooted and burned marijuana across eight plantation
sites on Mount Whatong in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on Wednesday 27 May 2026 under
the “Oplan Revisit Everest 2.0” campaign.[1]No cultivators were arrested.[2][1]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said operatives with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
(PDEA) used drones to find the fields, which covered 52,000 square metres (about 5.2 hectares)
in rugged terrain.[2][1]They destroyed about 456,000 fully grown plants, 338,000 seedlings
and roughly 477,500 grams of dried stalks with leaves and fruiting tops, documenting the haul
before on-site burning.[2][1]The PNP put the standard-price value at ₱162,020,000.[2]
Police Col. Ledon D. Monte, the regional deputy director for operations, supervised the
day-long operation, according to Tempo.[1]Authorities said they were pursuing leads on
who planted the fields.[2][1]
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Police during the May eradication on Mount Whatong, Loccong, Kalinga.Photo details
The PNP statement quoted by GMA News does not give a calendar date beyond “Thursday”; Manila Bulletin and Tempo date the operation to Wednesday 27 May 2026.
Seedlings and 477,500 grams of dried stalks with leaves and fruiting tops were destroyed alongside mature plants; only the 456,000 fully grown count is in plants_destroyed.
Investigators were still seeking cultivators when the reports were published.
A separate October 2026 eradication in the same barangay is a different operation and is not included 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.
