P80.860M marijuana destroyed in Kalinga, police say

A total of P80,860,000 suspected marijuana was destroyed and burned in Tinglayan, Kalinga, authorities said on Thursday.

Information from Cordillera police chief Police Brigadier General R'Win Pagkalinawan said the eradication of nine marijuana plantations happened from August 17 to 19 at Mt. Chumanchil in Locoong.

LOOK: Authorities discovered and eradicated nine marijuana plantation sites in Tinglayan, Kalinga from August 17 to 20. The burned marijuana plants have a standard drug price of P80.860 million. : PRO-COR @gmanews pic.twitter.com/icvyAYr3Sc

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He said the "cultivators" of the plantation are still unidentified.

The said marijuana plants were uprooted and burned, Pagkalinawan said.—AOL, GMA News