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Marijuana plants torched

John Unson - The Philippine Star
July 27, 2015 | 10:00am

COTABATO CITY, Philippines  – Authorities on Sunday burned at least 40,000 marijuana plants they uprooted in Amai Manabilang, Lanao del Sur.

Operatives of the provincial police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Army’s 45th Infantry Battalion raided a five-hectare marijuana farm in Barangay Mansilano with the help of community elders.

No one was arrested during the raid.    

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45TH

ACIRC

AGENCY

AMAI

AMAI MANABILANG

BARANGAY MANSILANO

DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE ARMY

INFANTRY BATTALION

LANAO

MARIJUANA

NBSP

SOCCSKSARGEN
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