P28M marijuana haul found in abandoned SUV in Tabuk City
PDEA agents and Kalinga police found an abandoned Mitsubishi Pajero in Mosimos, Tabuk City, on 6 February 2024 packed with 205 marijuana bricks and other cannabis packs worth about P28 million, after a tip about transport from Tinglayan. No suspects were found with the vehicle, and a small pack of suspected shabu was also recovered.
Anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, along with police
from the Kalinga Police Provincial Office, found the cannabis inside an abandoned
silver and green Mitsubishi Pajero with plate number UST-711 in Mosimos, Tabuk
City, at about 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday.[1][2]Police said they were responding to a
tip about the transport of marijuana from Tinglayan to Tabuk City.[1][2]
The haul comprised 205 marijuana bricks, 45 tubular forms and 25 vacuum-sealed
packages of dried marijuana leaves, stalks and fruiting tops, which Philstar valued
at P28,050,000 and BusinessWorld rounded to P28 million.[1][2]Operatives also
found six grams of suspected shabu valued at P40,800, a non-cannabis drug left out
of the figures above.[1][2]
The inventory was witnessed by Department of Justice officials, members of the
media and barangay representatives, and the drugs and other evidence were secured
by the police for further legal proceedings.[1][2]
Case data
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Police arrested 27 drug suspects in 19 operations across the CALABARZON region of the Philippines in the 24 hours from 6 a.m. on 8 November to 6 a.m. on 9 November 2026, seizing 1.54 grams of marijuana alongside about 65.56 grams of shabu. In the same anti-criminality campaign officers arrested 153 wanted persons, including 45 most wanted, and 311 people in illegal gambling operations.
Police and an airport inter-agency group found about 1.56 kg of high-grade marijuana, valued at ₱1.563 million, among 12 abandoned inbound parcels at the Pasay City mail centre on 6 November 2026. The same parcels carried far more shabu and ketamine, and no one was arrested over them.
Police arrested 46 people in 34 anti-drug operations across the CALABARZON region of the Philippines in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. on 5 November 2026. The regional police report put the cannabis seized at 10.18 grams of marijuana and 2.01 grams of kush, part of a 252,164.60-peso haul valued together with 36.46 grams of shabu.
Arrested 46Plants destroyed 0Area 0 haCannabis 12.19 g
Anti-narcotics agents seized about 4.27 kg of suspected marijuana, valued by PDEA at P512,880, from a parcel at a delivery hub in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on 31 October 2026. No arrests were made; the sender and receiver are still being identified and the drugs are in PDEA custody for laboratory examination.
