54,500 marijuana plants destroyed in eight-hour Kalinga raid
Police drug-enforcement agents uprooted and burned 54,500 marijuana plants worth P10.9 million on a 5,250-square-metre plot in Barangay Ngibat, Tinglayan, on 30 June 2024. No one was arrested in the eight-hour raid.
Agents of the national police Drug Enforcement Group together with other police units raided a marijuana plantation in Barangay Ngibat, Tinglayan, Kalinga, on Sunday 30 June 2024.[1][2]The plot measured 5,250 square metres, and the team worked it from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., about eight hours.[1][2]
Planned raid, no arrests
They uprooted and destroyed up to 54,500 marijuana plants, which the police valued at P10.9 million.[1][2]PDEG director Brig. Gen. Eleazar Matta said the operation had been meticulously planned and executed.[2]No one was arrested during the raid.[1]
Case data
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