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P15.2-million marijuana seized in Kalinga

Emmanuel Tupas - The Philippine Star
April 29, 2025 | 12:00am
P15.2-million marijuana seized in Kalinga
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MANILA, Philippines — Marijuana plants, valued at P15.2 million, were destroyed following a raid on a plantation in Tinglayan, Kalinga on Saturday.

Col. Rolando Cuya Jr., Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group director, said PDEG operatives found the marijuana farm in Barangay Butbut Proper.

Cuya said at least 76,000 marijuana plants were uprooted and destroyed at the plantation, which has a land area of 7,600 square meters.

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