TINGLAYAN, Kalinga July 24 – Combined police operatives and antinarcotics agents were able to successfully destroy more than P140.9 million worth of marijuana that were planted in various plantation sites in the different barangays during a week-long marijuana eradication operation.
The 754,250 fully grown marijuana plants were discovered at the different plantation sites with a total land area of 48,900 square meters from the 5 Barangays of Tinglayan, Kalinga through implementation of Kalinga Police Provincial Office IMPLAN “DALUS 3” to PRO COR OPLAN “HERODOTUS 3” (MJ Eradication).
Operatives destroyed 32,500 fully grown marijuana plants (FGMJP) to include marijuana stalks of 70,000 and marijuana seedlings of 30,000 with a total amount of P16,100,00 worth of marijuana from a total land area of 6,500 square meters at Sitio Balay, Tulgao West.
In Barangay Butbut Proper a total of 96,000 fully grown marijuana plants from an area of 96,600 square meters plantation sites were destroyed amounting to P19,320,000.
Meanwhile, a total of 245,000 marijuana plants amounting to P49,000,000 were uprooted and destroyed from a total land area of 13,000 square meters in Barangay Bugnay.
Moreover, in Barangay Buscalan, 122,250 marijuana plants worth P24,450,000 were burned to ashes from a plantation area of 10,350 square meters, while 160,400 marijuana plants were destroyed amounting to P32,080,000 uprooted from a land area of 11,900 square meters in Barangay Loccong.
The operations were successfully conducted by PDEU/PIU Kalinga PPO; Balbalan MPS; Lubuagan MPS; Pasil MPS; Pinukpuk MPS; Rizal MPS; Tanudan MPS; 1st KPMFC; 2nd KPMFC; 141SAC, 14SAB, PNP-SAF; RID PROCOR; CGIG NWL2N; CGK9; CGIG NWLZN; MIG 41, ISAF; 1503rd, 1501st, 1502nd MC, RMFB15; PDEG SOU 2; 54IB, 54ID; and PDEA Cordillera (Kalinga, Baguio Benguet, Mt. Province, Abra, Ifugao, and Apayao).
Provincial Director PCol Charles L. Domallig in his message said that “in support to PNP Cordillera’s campaign to rid the cultivation of marijuana plants and preventing it from reaching the urban areas, Kalinga PPO is determined to totally eradicate the illegal plants in the province with the continuous support of the local communities and different stakeholders, with these support we become strong allies in our battle against illegal drugs.” By Dexter A. See