P11-M marijuana plants destroyed
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, Philippines — Around 26,000 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,000 seedlings with an estimated value of P11 million were uprooted and destroyed in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur and Kibungan, Benguet.
The marijuana plants were discovered between Mt. Bauko and Mt. Natiktikan in joint operations by the police and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency earlier this week, Besmark Bengwayan, PDEA information officer, said.
In Cagayan, suspected “high-value” targets Edmundo Uclos, 50, and his brother Arnulfo, 53, were arrested in Barangays Mabuttal East and West in Ballesteros town on Wednesday.
The arrest was based on warrants for illegal drugs. The siblings were indicted after sachets of shabu with an estimated street value of P200,000 were recovered during a raid on their house last May. – Jun Elias, Raymund Catindig, Artemio Dumlao
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