8-K marijuana plants uprooted in NegOr village

Posted by watchmen
August 13, 2024
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Police operatives document the 8,000 fully grown suspected marijuana plants that were uprooted on Sunday evening, August 11, 2024, in Barangay Manduao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. The cannabis plants, valued at P1.6 million, were destroyed on-site. (Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office photo)
Police operatives document the 8,000 fully grown suspected marijuana plants that were uprooted on Sunday evening, August 11, 2024, in Barangay Manduao, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. The cannabis plants, valued at P1.6 million, were destroyed on-site. (Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office photo)

Police uprooted 8,000 fully grown suspected marijuana plants worth P1.6 million during an enhanced police operation on Sunday night, August 11, in the mountain village of Manduao in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental.

Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson Lt. Stephen Polinar told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that police operatives chanced upon the “marijuana plantation” while on their way to serve a warrant of arrest against a wanted person in the area around 9:15 p.m. on Sunday in the sub-village of Santos, Barangay Manduao.

Except for five marijuana plants that were saved for laboratory examination and chemical analysis, the rest of the cannabis plants were destroyed on-site.

Polinar said police are still locating the owner of the land planted with marijuana.

Meanwhile, during the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) from August 9 to 11, police also seized a total of 46.620 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street price of P317,000.

Polinar said 14 persons were arrested in 15 different anti-illegal drug operations during the SACLEO.

Also, more than 1,140 individuals were arrested for illegal gambling and violation of local ordinances, as well as those with arrest warrants tagged as wanted or most wanted persons. (PNA)

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