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5,200 marijuana plants destroyed in Ilocos Sur

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5,200 marijuana plants destroyed in Ilocos Sur
Police destroy marijuana plants discovered in three plantation sites in Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, in Sugpon town, Ilocos Sur, on Sept. 11, 2026. The operation yielded 5,200 fully grown plants worth an estimated P1.04 million. (Photo collage courtesy of Ilocos Sur PPO)

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — Police destroyed 5,200 fully grown marijuana plants worth an estimated P1.04 million at three plantation sites that were discovered in the hinterlands of Ilocos Sur’s Sugpon town on Friday.

The plantations, spanning a combined 550 square meters, were found in Sitio Nagawa, Barangay Caoayan, during an operation led by the 1st Ilocos Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office (ISPPO) said.

READ: 600 marijuana plants, 1,400 seedlings seized in Ilocos Sur

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The operation was part of the province’s continuing campaign to eradicate marijuana cultivation at its source, according to the ISPPO.

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Police Provincial Director Col. Agosto Asuncion said the operation targeted areas identified as “conducive to marijuana cultivation.” 

Police destroyed the plants at the site. Kenneth P. Tabin/ Contributor/coa

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