TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police destroyed 25,250 fully-grown marijuana plants worth P5 million in four barangays in Tinglayan and Rizal, Kalinga on Thursday, March 14. Police said these were planted in a land area totaling 2,550-square meters in Barangays Loccong and Buscalan in Tinglayan and...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Authorities seized marijuana valued at P2.3 million in a remote mountain barangay bordering the provinces of Sarangani and Davao del Sur on Tuesday, March 12. MARIJUANA worth P2.3 million was seized in a barangay bordering Malungon, Sarangani and Kiblawan, Davao del Sur...
Customs officials uncovered over P200 million worth of dried marijuana inside balikbayan boxes from Thailand at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). Verne Enciso, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) director, said that the they found multiple balikbayan boxes containing...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police uprooted 27,500 fully grown marijuana worth P5.5 million from two plantations in a two-day eradication operation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 to 10. POLICE uproot fully grown marijuana plants in a 2,000-square...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized marijuana worth P4.3 million from three suspected drug pushers in a checkpoint in Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga before dawn on Saturday, March 2. A POLICE officer conducts an inventory of marijuana worth P4.2 million seized in a...
While Senator Imee Marcos appreciates the intent behind the bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana, she said that this requires very strict enforcement to ensure its intended use. "I appreciate the intent particularly the compassionate use of marijuana but at the same time I would like to...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is confident that the bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana will benefit more epileptic and cancer patients in the long run once it is passed into law. Ejercito, one of the 13 senators who signed the committee report on Senate Bill No....
COTABATO CITY – Marijuana valued at P12.9 million was discovered in a plantation in Barangay Masjid Punjungan, Kalilangan Caluang, Sulu on February 25. MARIJUANA worth P13 million was uprooted in Sulu on February 25. (Photo via Joseph Jubelag) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro...
Balikbayan boxes that supposedly contained personal items from Thailand turned out to be hiding P76 million worth of dried marijuana. The Bureau of Customs-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (BOC-CIIS) on Tuesday, Feb. 27, examined the balikbayan boxes through an alert from the...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized and destroyed 10,900 fully-grown marijuana plants and 20,000 grams of dried marijuana stalks valued at P4.6 million in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, February 27. LAWMEN destroy...
Thirteen (13) senators have signed the committee report on the measure that seeks to legalize the use of medical marijuana or cannabis. Senators who signed the Committee Report No. 210 for Senate Bill No. 2573, or the proposed “Cannabis Medicalization Act of the Philippines”...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – Patrolling lawmen and barangay tanods or watchmen caught three minors engaged in a pot session in Upper Purok 3, Barangay Magsaysay Hill here on Monday, February 26. The suspects were identified as Pulet, 17; Facio, 15, and Makol, 15. THREE minors were...
