Government forces in Kalinga seized and burned 44.536 million pesos worth of marijuana in three operations between 14 and 20 July 2021.[1] Provincial police director Col. Davy Vicente Limmong said the haul came from two eradication raids and one roadside seizure.[1]
On 20 July, two teams worked simultaneously in Tinglayan town.[1] One team of provincial and mobile-force police with regional intelligence and drug enforcement agents found three plantation sites in Loccong village and destroyed 21.5 million pesos worth of marijuana.[1] The other team found six sites in Butbut Proper village and destroyed 15.2 million pesos worth.[1] Officers also destroyed 76,000 fully grown plants found on a 6,700 square metre site.[1] The growers escaped in both raids.[1]
Six days earlier, on 14 July, Kalinga police found three sacks of dried marijuana leaves and stalks abandoned by the national highway at Sitio Anonang in Liwan West, Rizal town.[1] The sacks held 53 marijuana bricks and 24 tubular packs weighing 65.3 kg, worth 7.836 million pesos.[1] Police believe the carrier dumped them after spotting intensified checkpoint checks on vehicles coming from Tabuk City toward Tuguegarao.[1]
