Police torch over P270 million in cannabis in Kalinga operation
Cordillera police seized and torched marijuana plants valued by police at more than P270 million during week-long operations in the mountains of Tinglayan, Kalinga, ending 24 February 2005.
Cordillera police seized and torched marijuana plants valued by police at more than P270 million during week-long operations in the mountains of Tinglayan, Kalinga.[1]The marijuana haul was presented as cutting the source of supply in the Cordillera region, which police said accounts for 85 percent of domestic supply.[1]
Cordillera police director Chief Superintendent Jesus Verzosa said one raided farm in Sitio Kasablotan, Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan yielded about 5,000 marijuana plants valued at P1 million.[1]Eight more marijuana plantations overrun in Tinglayan the previous Thursday held destroyed plants valued at P251 million, and marijuana leaves pounded into brick form worth P25 million were confiscated the same day.[1]The Dangerous Drugs Board pegged brick-form marijuana at P25,000 per kilo and unprocessed leaves at P2,500 per kilo.[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.
