Over P7.5-M cannabis farms in Benguet raided
BAGUIO CITY — Three marijuana plantations were raided by policemen on Tuesday in remote barangay Badeo in Kibungan, Benguet, netting at least P7.52 million worth of harvestable cannabis.
Benguet police director Col. Joseph P. Bayongasan said the marijuana, planted on a total of 4,700-square-meter plantations were uprooted and burned after sufficient samples were taken for examination by the Philippine National Police Regional Forensic Unit in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
The daylong operation was participated into by the 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Company, Kibungan town police, Benguet Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, and Benguet Provincial Intelligence Unit, Regional Intelligence Division of the Cordillera police and PDEA-Cordillera. — Artemio A. Dumlao
