Cops burn P186-M marijuana plants

TUGUEGARAO CITY– More than 600,000 fully grown marijuana plants and 200,000 seedlings worth at least P186 million that were uprooted at the remote Isabela-Kalinga boundary were burned July 23.

In a report to Chief Supt. Roberto Damian, Cagayan Valley police director, Senior Supt. Pedro Cuntapay, regional police community relations chief, said the illegal plants were discovered by a joint police-Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency team in Sitio Bangabang, which lies at the boundary of Quezon, Isabela; Tabuk, Kalinga; and Enrile, Cagayan. – CL