MARIJUANA plantation in Tinglayan, Kalinga. (FB)
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P162 million during an eradication operation in Mount Whatong in Barangay Loccong here on Wednesday, May 27.
Discovered in the operation supervised by Police Col. Ledon D. Monte, Police Regional Office-Cordillera deputy regional director for operations, were 456,000 fully grown marijuana plants, 338,000 marijuana seedlings, and 477,500 grams of dried marijuana stalks with leaves and fruiting tops in eight plantations with an area of 52,000-square meters.
Police said drone surveillance helped locate the plantations hidden in the vast and rugged mountains.
All marijuana were burned on-site after documentation.
Investigation is ongoing to identify their cultivators.
The operation was conducted under the PRO-Cordillera’s “Oplan Revisit Everest 2.0” marijuana eradication campaign.