{"id":220936,"date":"2019-06-30T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=220936"},"modified":"2019-06-30T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T10:30:59","slug":"some-p50-m-marijuana-plants-destroyed-in-kalinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/30\/some-p50-m-marijuana-plants-destroyed-in-kalinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Some P50-M marijuana plants destroyed in Kalinga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_220937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220937\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/marijuana-uprooting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220937\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/marijuana-uprooting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/marijuana-uprooting.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/marijuana-uprooting-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: UPROOTING MARIJUANA. The joint operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) prepare to destroy a marijuana plantation during a three-day operation in Tinglayan, Kalinga province from June 25 to 29, 2019. A total of PHP49.6 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed during the operation. (Photo courtesy of PNP-DEG via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A three-day operation by the joint operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has resulted in the destruction of PHP49.6-million worth of marijuana plants in Tinglayan, Kalinga province last week, a PNP official reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>PNP-Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) director, Brig. Gen. Ignatius Ferro, said the eradication operation was covered by Oplan Green Pearl Charlie in order to clear drug-affected barangays in Tinglayan particularly in Barangay Loccong.<\/p>\n<p>Ferro said 240,500 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants from a total land area of 14,200 square meters with a total value of PHP49.6 million were destroyed during the operation from June 27 to 29.<\/p>\n<p>He said that while there was no cultivator arrested during the three-day operation, government troops are continuously monitoring the area and will not allow the illegal activity of growing the prohibited plant.<\/p>\n<p>The PNP-DEG chief said the operation served as warning to the cultivators to stop their illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p>He said it also reminds the Barangay Anti- Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) of Barangay Loccong to do their respective duties and functions and further enhance their anti-illegal drug campaign in support to PNP and PDEA.<\/p>\n<p>He also reminded individuals that cultivation of marijuana is prohibited under Sec.16 Article II of Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 A three-day operation by the joint operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":220937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220938,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220936\/revisions\/220938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}