BAGUIO CITY (September 19, 2024, Artemio Dumlao) — Authorities torched down P2,040,000.00-worth of marijuana in separate marijuana eradication operations in Kalinga and Benguet on Wednesday.
Some 5,500 pieces of Fully Grown Marijuana Plants (FGMJP) pegged to reach P1,100,000.00 in value were discovered by Tinglayan town policemen, Kalinga Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU), Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15, 2nd Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Company, and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)- Kalinga in barangay Dananao.
While 2,000 pieces of FGMJP valued at P400,000.00 were discovered in barangay Tacadang in Kibungan, Benguet and 2,700 pieces of FGMJP valued at P540,000.00 were found in barangay Kayapa, Bakun, by the joint operatives of Kibungan and Bakun towns policemen joined in by the Benguet Provincial Intelligence Unit and PDEU of Benguet PPO and PDEA-CAR.
All the marijuana were burned on site, the Cordillera regional police command said, while adequate samples were gathered for submission to the PNP Regional Forensic Unit-CAR for examination.
SOURCE: Artemio A. Dumlao of The Philippine Star, Sept. 19, 2024, photo only for visual aid, illustration purpose
