Police uproot P2.4 million worth of MJ plants in SK
Peace and Order • 06:15 AM Sat Mar 19, 2022
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SKPPO
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police uprooted more than 12,000 hills of fully grown marijuana plants estimated to cost P2,400,000 baed on PDEA estimates during law enforcement operations in Sitio Alyeng, Barangay Datalblao, Columbio, Sultan Kudarat.
Joint elements of Columbio MPS together with other law enforcement units and in coordination with barangay Officials and media representatives witnessed the conducted law enforcement operation on the uprooting of marijuana plants.
Initial investigation revealed that the cultivator named Leng Labuayan was not in the area during the operation. Chargs for violation of violation RA 9165 was being prepared against the suspect.
The team immediately burned most of the uprooted marijuana plants in the area witnessed by village officials. The remaining uprooted marijuana were submitted to the Sultan Kudarat Forensic Unit for qualitative examination.
The Sultan Kudarat Police Provincial Office, headed by Colonel Tom P Tuzon, lauded the efforts of the operating team that led to the successful operation.