Camp Major Bado, Dangwa La Trinidad, Benguet – Police Cordillera scored again against marijuana planters with the destruction of ₱ 8.5 million worth of marijuana plants in the provinces of Benguet and Kalinga in a one-week operation.
Anti-illegal drugs operatives of Benguet PPO destroyed ₱ 7.8 million worth of marijuana plants in the towns of Bakun and Kibungan last March 9, 2021.
Provincial Director of Benguet PPO PCOL. Reynaldo Pasiwen disclosed that about 41,500 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants with an estimated standard drug price of ₱ 8.3-million was discovered in Communal Forest at the Sitios of Alidngan and Kinmayad in Barangay Kayapa, Bakun, and at Sitio Bagiw, Tacadang, Kibungan all in Benguet province.
Meanwhile, in Kalinga, reports from the Provincial Director PCOL. Davy Vicente M. Limmong, disclosed that operatives of Kalinga PPO discovered some 1,000 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants in a 100-square meter land area with Standard Drug Price of ₱ 200,000.00 at Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
All marijuana plants were uprooted and burned onsite while an investigation is on-going to identify cultivators and the landowner in Kalinga. (Joseph Manzano, RPN DZBS Baguio OIC | PROCOR RPIO)