100,000 marijuana plants burned at Mount Makago-ong
A joint PDEA and police operation uprooted and burned an estimated 100,000 fully grown marijuana plants over two days at Mount Makago-ong, near the Sadanga–Tinglayan boundary, on 11–12 July 2026. Authorities estimated the crop at ₱20 million; no suspects were arrested.
🇵🇭 Mount Makago-ong, Barangay Saclit, Sadanga–Tinglayan boundary · Philippines
An anti-drug team uprooted and burned an estimated 100,000 fully grown marijuana plants over a two-day operation on 11–12 July 2026.[1][2]The plantation was on Mount Makago-ong in Barangay Saclit, near the boundary between Sadanga, Mountain Province, and Tinglayan, Kalinga.[1][2]Authorities estimated the crop’s street value at ₱20 million and the area at about 10,000 square metres, or one hectare.[1][2]
The Daily Tribune said no suspect was arrested and investigators were working to identify landowners and cultivators.[1]Bombo likewise reported no arrests and ongoing efforts to find those responsible.[2]The operation involved PDEA’s Mountain Province office, the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office, its Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Sadanga Municipal Police Station, the provincial intelligence unit and the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company.[1][2]The Daily Tribune photograph is credited to PDEA Cordillera, but its direct image address was not available from the opened story.[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.
