PDEA and police burn P17.8M of marijuana in Tinglayan
PDEA and police uprooted and torched full-grown marijuana plants worth about P17.8 million at two sites in Sitio Balay, Tinglayan, Kalinga, during a three-day eradication campaign on 18 to 20 February 2023.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National
Police (PNP) ran a marijuana eradication campaign at two sites in Sitio Balay,
Tinglayan, Kalinga, on 18 to 20 February 2023.[1]
They uprooted full-grown marijuana plants estimated at P17.8 million and
torched them on site.[1]The operation was reported by PDEA Cordillera
chief Julius Paderes at a 20 February regional development council meeting in
Baguio City, alongside other February operations including drug-den raids in
Baguio, Lagawe and Bontoc.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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.
