MANILA, Philippines — A total of P62 million worth of full-grown marijuana plants have been seized and burned down in Kalinga, Benguet province by police operatives over the weekend. ADVERTISEMENTThe marijuana plantation sites, which have a combined land area of 25,950 square meters, were found in barangays Buscalan, Butbut Proper, and Loccong, Tinglaya. No suspect or cultivator was arrested during the operations, Danao said. Let us further intensify all efforts to hunt down all those responsible behind the planting and cultivation of these prohibited plants,” Danao said. Earlier, the Provincial Mobile Force Company of the Benguet Police Provincial Office also confiscated and scorched marijuana plants worth P848,000 in the province.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 28, 2022 05:38 UTC