Police destroy 24,770 marijuana plants in Ilocos Sur plantations
Composite police and drug-enforcement teams backed by military intelligence agents destroyed 24,770 fully grown marijuana plants, 34,100 seedlings and 30.5 kg of dried leaves worth about P6.6 million in several plantation sites in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, burning them on site.
🇵🇭 Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur · Philippines
Composite teams of police and drug-enforcement agents uprooted and destroyed
marijuana plants and seedlings worth P6.6 million in a two-day eradication
drive in Ilocos Sur, a senior official said on Sunday.[1]Police regional
director Chief Superintendent Roman Felix said teams backed by armed forces
intelligence agents fanned out across several plantation sites in Barangay
Licungan, Sugpon, destroying 24,770 fully grown plants and 34,100 seedlings.[1]
By the Dangerous Drugs Board’s standard valuation, the uprooted plants and
seedlings, together with 30.5 kilograms of dried leaves, were worth more than
six million pesos.[1]The plants were burned at the plantation sites after
documentation in the presence of barangay officials.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
24,770
Cannabis
30.5 kg
Value (official estimate)
PHP 6,600,000
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (30.5 kg); Living plants (24,770 plants)
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