Cops destroy P13-M marijuana in Kalinga

TINGLAYAN, Kalinga -- — More than P13 million worth of marijuana was destroyed by joint forces of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office (PPO), Tinglayan Municipal Police Station and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Cordillera during a two-day eradication operation here in Barangay Loccong recently.

The anti-illegal weed operation under “Oplan 09 Juliet Lagpot” was conducted after relevant information from the communities was gathered by the team of Kalinga police director Col. Davy Vicente Limmong.

Operating teams discovered July 18 a site with more or less 6,000 fully-grown marijuana plants (FGMJP) covering a land area of around 1,500 square meters (sq. m.) and valued as having an estimated Dangerous Drug Board value of P1,200,000.

In the afternoon of the same day, the team discovered a bigger plantation spanning an estimated area of 3,000 sq. m. with more or less 60,000 of FGMJP, valued at around P12,000,000.

No cultivator was arrested during the operations.

Limmong appealed to the community for support in relation to the government’s war on drugs.

“This sustained marijuana eradication to affected areas is a continuous activity of our operatives to remove these plants to prevent it from growing again and until such time that these areas are all cleared” Limmong said.