Authorities have destroyed marijuana totaling P4,827,500 in the boundaries of Ilocos Sur and Benguet.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Ronald Allan DG Ricardo said that they uprooted more or less 11,200 fully grown marijuana plants and seized 2,000 marijuana seedlings
(photo from PNA)
Lt. Jerry Arzabal, acting chief of the Sugpon police station in Ilocos Sur, confirmed this on Thursday following the February 9-11 operation in the disputed boundary of Barangays Danac and Licungan in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur and Sitio Culliang, Barangay Tacadang in Kibungan, Benguet province.
This disputed area has become a favorite grow-site for the illegal cultivation of marijuana as shown in previous raids by policemen and PDEA personnel in the past years.
According to Arzabal, joint operatives of the Philippine National Police based in Ilocos Sur and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Field Office 1 conducted operation in the area and found fully grown marijuana plants in two different locations covering a total estimated land area of 2,050 square meters.