PDEG and PDEA destroy 50,800 marijuana plants in Kalinga and Benguet
Philippine drug enforcers uprooted and destroyed at least 50,800 marijuana plants worth P10.28 million in Kalinga and Benguet around 22 November 2024: about 38,000 plants in Buscalan, Tinglayan, and 12,800 plants plus seedlings in Bakun. No cultivators were present.
🇵🇭 Barangay Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga and Bakun, Benguet · Philippines
At least 50,800 marijuana plants worth P10.28 million were uprooted and
destroyed in Kalinga and Benguet provinces, law enforcement authorities said on
23 November 2024.[1]
The Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) found about 38,000
plants on a 3,800-square-metre plantation in Barangay Buscalan, Tinglayan town,
on Friday 22 November.[1]Police sprayed the site with herbicide to stop its
reuse, and PDEG director Brig. Gen. Eleazar Matta said the cultivators were
not present during the raid.[1]
Separately in Bakun, Benguet, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency uprooted
12,800 marijuana plants and 3,050 seedlings valued at P2.68 million.[1]
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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.
