KIBUGAN, Benguet – More than P7.8 million worth of marijuana were successfully destroyed by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents during an anti-illegal drug operation held recently at sitios Les-eng and Makbas, Tacadang, here.
Police authorities said that the joint police operation resulted in the discovery of a total of 65,000 grams of dried marijuana stalks with fruiting tops with a Standard Drug Price of P7,800,000.00.
All of the said dried marijuana plants were burned onsite while enough samples were submitted to the Regional Forensic Unit-Cordillera.
Meanwhile, the Kabalyero Cops of the Benguet Police Provincial Office are currently conducting a comprehensive investigation to identify and apprehend the individuals responsible for the cultivation of marijuana plants in the province. By Dexter A. See