137,000 marijuana plants burned in Tinglayan, no arrests
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted and burned 137,000 marijuana plants worth about 25.8 million pesos at five sites in Sitio Ballay, Tulgao, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 11 and 12 June 2021. No cultivators were caught, and officers said the hunt for the plantation operators continued.
A joint team from the police Drug Enforcement Group, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and other police units destroyed 137,000 fully grown marijuana plants at five sites in the mountains of Sitio Ballay in Tulgao, Tinglayan, Kalinga on 11 and 12 June 2021.[1][2]Officers burned the plants, valued at about 25.8 million pesos, on site.[1][2]
No cultivators were caught during the two-day operation.[1][2]Police chief Guillermo Eleazar said teams would keep searching for and destroying plantations in the region and were pursuing those running them.[1]
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