5,200 marijuana plants destroyed at Sitio Nagawa in Sugpon
Police destroyed 5,200 fully grown marijuana plants worth about P1.04 million at three plantation sites covering 550 square metres in Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, on 11 September 2026. No cultivator was arrested; the plants were destroyed on site.
🇵🇭 Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur · Philippines
Police destroyed 5,200 fully grown marijuana plants worth an estimated P1.04 million at three plantation sites in the hinterlands of Sugpon town, Ilocos Sur, on 11 September 2026.[1]
The plantations covered a combined 550 square metres in Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, in an operation led by the 1st Ilocos Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office said.[1]Police Provincial Director Col. Agosto Asuncion said the operation targeted areas identified as conducive to marijuana cultivation as part of the province’s campaign to eradicate cultivation at its source.[1]
Police destroy marijuana plants at Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, Sugpon, in the photo collage credited to the Ilocos Sur police provincial office and published with the report.Photo details
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