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P6.6-M worth of cannabis shrubs destroyed in Kalinga

Artemio Dumlao - Philstar.com
May 5, 2026 | 6:27pm
P6.6-M worth of cannabis shrubs destroyed in Kalinga
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TABUK CITY, Kalinga — About P6.6 million worth of marijuana shrubs were destroyed in a two-day eradication operation in Tinglayan, Kalinga from Sunday to Monday.

Joint teams from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Cordillera and local police uprooted around 33,000 fully grown marijuana plants in a 3,000-square-meter site in Barangay Loccong from May 3 to 4.

No suspects were found at the scene.

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