05/02/2023
PNP-PDEA STRIKES BIG IN ONE-DAY ANTI-CANNABIS FARM OPERATIONS, YIELDING OVER 27.4-M MA*****NA PLANTS
Joint PNP and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operating units successfully conducted massive ma*****na eradication operations in Benguet and Kalinga on Saturday, January 28, 2023, resulting in the destruction of over 140,000 fully grown ma*****na plants with an estimated standard drug price of PhP27,470,000.00.
Cordillera Police Regional Office Director, PBGen Mafelino Bazar, said that in Kibungan, Benguet, personnel of Kibungan MPS and Benguet PPO conducted ma*****na eradication at Sitio Tableo and Libo-ong, where 15,550 fully grown ma*****na plants were uprooted and burned on site, with an estimated standard drug price of PhP3,110,000.00 planted in the total land area of more or less 1,520 square meters.
In Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet, personnel of 1st PMFC, Benguet PPO, and 143rd SAC, 14th SAB, PNP SAF conducted ma*****na eradication at Sitio Dingding, where 2,800 fully grown ma*****na plants were uprooted and burned on two sites, with an estimated standard drug price of PhP560,000.00 planted in the total land area of more or less 350 square meters.
Meanwhile, in Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, joint personnel of Lubuagan MPS, Tinglayan MPS, PIU, PDEU, Kalinga PPO, RIU 14, 141st SAC, 14th SAB, PNP SAF, and PDEA Kalinga conducted ma*****na eradication, where 15,000 fully grown ma*****na plants were uprooted and burned on two sites, with an estimated standard drug price of PhP3,000,000.00 planted in the total land area of more or less 1,500 square meters.
Lastly, joint personnel of SOU 2, PNP DEG (lead unit); Tinglayan MPS; 1st and 2nd KPMFC, Kalinga PPO; 1503rd RMFB 15; 141st SAC, 14th SAB, PNP SAF; and PDEA Kalinga conducted ma*****na eradication in Brgy. Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, where operatives uprooted and burned 104,000 ma*****na plants worth an estimated PhP20.8 million in a land area of 5,200 square meters. No cultivators were arrested during the operation.
PNP Chief General Rodolfo S Azurin Jr. praised the operating units stating "I commend the operating units headed by PBGen Mafelino A Bazar, Regional Director, PRO Cordillera for their tireless efforts in the fight against illegal drugs. I am proud of the dedication and hard work of our personnel in ridding our communities of these harmful substances,"
“The discovery of these large-scale ma*****na plantations and the successful operations of the police and PDEA signify our resolute commitment to bring those who are involved in its cultivation and distribution to justice", General Azurin added.
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