P1.5-million worth of Marijuana uprooted, burned in Bukidnon
Published Mar 24, 2023 10:38 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police authorities uprooted an estimated P1.5 million worth of marijuana in the secluded area of Sitio Bagalbal, Barangay Guinuyoran, Valencia City, Bukidnon on Friday, March 24.
POLICE personnel from the Bukidnon Provincial Drug Enforcement Group and the Bukidnon 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company uproot an estimated P1.5 million worth of marijuana at the secluded area of Sitio Bagalbal, Barangay Guinuyoran, Valencia City, Bukidnon on Friday, March 24. (Photo courtesy of Bukidnon's 2nd PMFC)
Lt. Col. Kaddafy Bitor, officer-in-charge of the Bukidnon 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), said more or less 7,500 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants were discovered and uprooted in an estimated land area of 1/4 hectare. Police investigators asked residents of nearby houses to identify the owner of the land; however, the neighboring residents didn’t know the lot owner. "But the chief of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group, Lt. Col. Bryan Reponte already conducted an investigation to identify the owner of that area," Bitor said in a phone interview with the Manila Bulletin on Friday. Prior to the actual operation, the police authorities received information on the alleged marijuana plantation from a concerned citizen who passed by the area, prompting them to conduct the operation. All uprooted marijuana plants were burned, and the authorities sprayed them with herbicide to prevent possible growth. Col. Reynante Reyes, director of the Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, ordered the local police to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and possible arrests of the cultivator/s.
POLICE personnel from the Bukidnon Provincial Drug Enforcement Group and the Bukidnon 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company uproot an estimated P1.5 million worth of marijuana at the secluded area of Sitio Bagalbal, Barangay Guinuyoran, Valencia City, Bukidnon on Friday, March 24. (Photo courtesy of Bukidnon's 2nd PMFC)
Lt. Col. Kaddafy Bitor, officer-in-charge of the Bukidnon 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), said more or less 7,500 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants were discovered and uprooted in an estimated land area of 1/4 hectare. Police investigators asked residents of nearby houses to identify the owner of the land; however, the neighboring residents didn’t know the lot owner. "But the chief of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group, Lt. Col. Bryan Reponte already conducted an investigation to identify the owner of that area," Bitor said in a phone interview with the Manila Bulletin on Friday. Prior to the actual operation, the police authorities received information on the alleged marijuana plantation from a concerned citizen who passed by the area, prompting them to conduct the operation. All uprooted marijuana plants were burned, and the authorities sprayed them with herbicide to prevent possible growth. Col. Reynante Reyes, director of the Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, ordered the local police to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and possible arrests of the cultivator/s.