PNP, PDEA destroy P25.8M worth of marijuana in Kalinga

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP), along with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), destroyed a total of P25.8 million worth of marijuana plants in a two-day operation in Tinglayan, Kalinga Province.

PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar revealed that officials uncovered 137,000 total marijuana plants worth P25.8 million in five different locations in the mountainous terrain of Sitio Ballay in Tulgao and burned them.

The operating team, composed of personnel from the PNP Drug Enforcement Group, the PDEA, and other police offices and units, destroyed the marijuana plants on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12.

No cultivators, however, were arr…

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