TINGLAYAN,
Kalinga – Police raided a farm here and uprooted and burned marijuana worth P24
million pesos May 17 in SitioOlingan, Barangay Luccong.
The
operatives were led by Supt. Oliver Enmodias accompanied by barangay officials.
Some120,000
fully grown MJ plants were destroyed on site covering a land area of around
10,000 square meters.
A
dialogue was later held among the populace by Senior Insp. Antonio Yag-ao on
the ill-effects of drugs.
Residents
urged the government to improve or construct farm to market roads in the area
so folks wouldn’t plant marijuana as a source of living.
The
said concern has been brought by the regional police office to the attention of
the Regional Development Council which envisions to complete the construction
of major roads in the Cordillera Region by 2016.
The
propagation of coffee plantations in
marijuana producing was also pushed as an alternative source of livelihood.
People
in marijuana-producing areas were also urged by government officials to form
cooperatives and have these registered with the Cooperative Development
Authority so technical skills and assistance from planting to marketing as well
as finance shall be provided by the RDC.
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