96,500 marijuana plants destroyed in Tinglayan, no arrests
Police and anti-drug agents uprooted 96,500 marijuana plants and 65,000 seedlings worth about 21.9 million pesos at sites in Buscalan, Loccong and Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga from 14 to 16 June 2021. No one was arrested during the joint operations.
🇵🇭 Buscalan, Loccong and Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga · Philippines
A joint team of the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency destroyed 96,500 fully grown marijuana plants and 65,000 seedlings in Tinglayan, Kalinga from 14 to 16 June 2021.[1]In Barangay Buscalan, officers cleared 5,000 plants worth 1 million pesos on a 500-square-metre plot.[1]Four sites in Barangay Loccong held about 34,000 plants worth 6.8 million pesos on 4,000 square metres, while Barangay Butbut Proper held 57,000 plants and the 65,000 seedlings worth 14.1 million pesos on 6,650 square metres.[1]
Police chief Guillermo Eleazar commended the teams and said eradication operations in the hinterlands, particularly in the Cordillera region, would be stepped up, noting that cannabis in plant, product and derivative form remained classified as dangerous drugs.[1]
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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.
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