63,200 marijuana plants uprooted in Tinglayan eradication drive
Joint police and anti-drug units uprooted about 63,200 fully grown marijuana plants worth PHP12.64 million on 7,900 square metres in Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 4 July 2020. No grower was arrested in the operation, run under Oplan 07 Hawk Pumadcha.
Joint police and anti-drug operatives destroyed 63,220 fully grown marijuana plants with a Dangerous Drugs Board value of more than PHP12.6 million in the hinterlands of Kalinga and Ifugao over one weekend, the Police Regional Office Cordillera reported[1]. In Kalinga, just over 63,200 of the plants, worth PHP12,640,000, were found uprooted from 7,900 square metres in Loccong, Tinglayan, on 4 July 2020[1]. The operation, Oplan 07 Hawk Pumadcha, brought together the provincial police, its intelligence and drug units, the regional mobile force, the Army-backed regional intelligence units and PDEA teams from four regions[1].
No arrests yet
No cultivator had been arrested in the operation, though intelligence work to arrest the growers continued, the report said[1]. Cordillera police director Brigadier General R’win Pagkalinawan said the campaign was part of an aggressive push to end marijuana cultivation in parts of Kalinga and Benguet[1].
Case data
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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.
