BANGUED, Abra - Some P13.38 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed in a four-day eradication campaign launched by joint operatives from different law enforcement agencies in Cordillera which ended last Saturday.
Chief Inspector Edgar Apalla, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera (PDEA-Cordillera) officer-in-charge, said Monday that the operation raided 1.26 hectares of marijuana lantations in the boundary Kibungan and Bakun in Benguet.
"Based on the standard set by the Dangerous Drug Board (DDB), the estimated worth of the destroyed marijuana plants were the following - P11.44 million of fully-grown marijuana plants uprooted; and P1.94 million of the destroyed marijuana seedlings."
After the operation, the bulk of the marijuna plants were burned at the plantation sites in the presence of local barangay officials.
Only bundles of uprooted fully-grown marijuana plants were taken back to the PDEA-Cordillera office for documentation and disposal.
