P27-M marijuana destroyed in Ilocos

CERVANTES, Ilocos Sur -- Some P27-million worth of marijuana were destroyed by combined forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Ilocos Sur.

Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr., PDEA director general, said agents of PDEA Regional Office 1 under Director Adrian Alvariño, in collaboration with operatives of the Cervantes Police Station, Ilocos Sur Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (PAIDSOTG), and Ilocos Sur Provincial Public Safety Company (ISPPSC), found the fully-grown marijuana plants in Dinwende West, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, during a recent operation.

Cacdac said that based on reports he received, the marijuana plantation covers an area of 8,000 square meters.

“The marijuana eradication operation is under case operation plan code name: ‘Green Gold 2.’ Although no cultivator was arrested during the operation, the operating teams were able to seize 138,000 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants worth P27,600,000 based on the value set by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB),” Cacdac said.

As this developed, Cacdac commended the operatives of PDEA and the Philippine National Police for their constant cooperation, which led to the successful eradication of the illegal hemp, and for collaborative efforts to prevent the movement of marijuana from the north going to other regions.