Police burn 7,750 cannabis plants in Kalinga and Benguet raids
PRO CAR teams uprooted and burned 6,500 cannabis plants in Loccong, Tinglayan and 1,250 in Tacadang, Kibungan on 4 April 2025, worth P1.55 million. A 31-year-old high-value suspect was also arrested in Baguio City on a drugs warrant.
🇵🇭 Loccong, Tinglayan and Tacadang, Kibungan · Philippines
Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO CAR) teams destroyed marijuana plants worth PhP1,550,000.00 in eradication operations across Kalinga and Benguet provinces on 4 April 2025.[1]
In Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, joint operatives of the Kalinga police, Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 and PDEA-Kalinga found 6,500 fully grown plants worth PhP1,300,000.00.[1]In Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet, joint operatives of the Benguet police, the regional intelligence division and PDEA-CAR found two plantation sites with 1,250 fully grown plants worth PhP250,000.00.[1]
All plants were uprooted and burned on site, with samples kept for forensic examination, while investigations continue to find the growers.[1]Officers also arrested a 31-year-old high-value suspect in Upper San Vicente, Baguio City on a drugs warrant the same day.[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.
