Police burn P9.4 million in marijuana plants in Kibungan and Bakun
Police and PDEA teams uprooted about 60,300 marijuana plants and seedlings worth about P9.4 million across plantation sites in Kibungan and Bakun, Benguet, in raids reported on 15 February 2015. No growers were reported arrested.
🇵🇭 Kibungan and Bakun, Benguet, Cordillera · Philippines
Police officers burned at least P9 million worth of marijuana plants during separate raids in Kibungan and Bakun towns of Benguet late in the week ending 15 February 2015.[1][2]A team of the regional anti-illegal drugs task group, the regional public safety battalion and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) uprooted some 45,000 marijuana plants and seedlings in Sitio Ampana and Balbalnag, both in Barangay Badeo, Kibungan.[1][2]
Kibungan police raided three plantations at the boundary of Sagpat and Madaymen villages and destroyed 300 marijuana seedlings.[1][2]Bakun police uprooted at least 15,000 marijuana plants and seedlings found in nine plantations in Sitios Lanas and Kayapa.[1][2]
Cordillera police director Chief Superintendent Isagani Nerez praised the officers and PDEA agents and vowed to keep clearing the province of marijuana.[1][2]The reports name no arrests of growers in these raids.[1][2]
Case data
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