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News:2026-02-20/Policy/cordillera-police-chief-flags-syndicate-involvement-in-marijuana-cultivation-seizures-nearly-triple-year-on-ye +
In a press briefing at La Trinidad on 20 February 2026, Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR) director Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag said the proliferation of cannabis plantations in the region likely involves multiple syndicates operating with outside financiers who provide capital and purchase the finished product. PRO CAR reported ₱364 million worth of cannabis seized between 1 January and 18 February 2026, nearly triple the ₱123 million seized over the same period in 2025. Dilag said cultivation clusters spanned all six CAR provinces, with processed output typically converted into brick or tubular form for transport to the lowlands, and with the La Union–Ilocos–Benguet tri-boundary serving as a principal exit route, including on foot. Wholesale prices were given as approximately ₱10,000 per kilogram in the region, rising to ₱25,000 per kilogram in other parts of the Philippines. Dilag said police had no information on whether product was being exported. Enforcement has yielded only five arrests over the past year for cultivation and transport. Dilag attributed low arrest rates to the persistence of growers, foliage cover obscuring plots from the air, and remote terrain requiring six-to-eight-hour hikes to access sites. +
News:2026-02-20/Policy/cordillera-police-deploy-49-operator-squadrone-drone-unit-as-2026-seizures-nearly-triple-year-on-year +
At a press briefing on 20 February 2026, Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR) director Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag reported that ₱364 million worth of cannabis was seized in the region between 1 January and 18 February 2026, across 182 operations. The haul comprised approximately 1.07 million grams of dried leaves, 1.22 million plants, and 35,800 seedlings. For comparison, 130 operations over the same six-week window in 2025 yielded ₱123 million worth of cannabis. Dilag attributed the increase to expanded aerial surveillance, and disclosed that PRO CAR deployed a dedicated 49-operator drone unit in the fourth quarter of 2025. The unit, named the Smart Quadrotor Unit for Advanced Deployment, Detection, Reconnaissance, Observation, and Networked Enforcement (SQUADRONE), was created to locate cultivation sites hidden under dense forest canopy that had previously required hours of foot patrols to reach. +
News:2026-02-25/Enforcement/police-uproot-18-2-tonnes-of-marijuana-valued-at-fj-241m-in-2025-crackdown +
Speaking at the National Talanoa Session on illicit drugs, Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu reported that nine phases of Operation Sasamaki between March and December 2025 destroyed 18.2 tonnes of cannabis with an estimated street value of FJ$241 million. Authorities arrested 1,239 people, mostly for possession and cultivation offences, and seized 11.1 kg of methamphetamine and cocaine valued at nearly FJ$7 million. Operations were concentrated in Navosa, Kadavu and parts of the Northern Division. Nearly 700 personnel were deployed and drones were used to identify remote plantations. Since January 2026, police have registered 155 cannabis-related cases. +
News:2026-02-25/Policy/benguet-police-launch-oplan-ultimate-grass-cutter-targeting-marijuana-cultivation +
The Benguet Provincial Police Office announced implementation of "Oplan Ultimate Grass Cutter" on 25 February 2026, a provincial campaign against cannabis cultivation structured around parallel "soft" and "hard" approaches. The hard approach covers eradication, arrest, and prosecution; the soft approach includes revitalised barangay tanod policing, community lectures, CSR activities, and livelihood and education interventions delivered with other government agencies. Initial implementation covers five barangays across three towns: three in Kibungan, one in Bakun, and one in Kapangan. Preparatory anti-drug summits were held in Kibungan, Kapangan, Bakun, Buguias, and Mankayan. Provincial director Col. Lambert Suerte plans to run the programme for at least a year before assessing results, including the possibility of filing charges against barangay officials in jurisdictions repeatedly subject to eradication. According to Benguet PPO spokesperson Maj. Edwin Sergio, the office seized or destroyed 315,693 fully grown plants and seedlings between 16 January and 26 February 2026. Sergio framed the programme as an effort to "erase" Benguet's identity as a source of cannabis. +
News:2026-02-28/Enforcement/hashish-oil-kingpin-and-5-associates-arrested-after-island-lab-raid-in-koraput +
Koraput district police dismantled a clandestine hashish oil extraction unit hidden on a remote island inside Jolaput reservoir, arresting six members of an inter-state syndicate including the alleged Kerala-based kingpin Allen Jayaraj (33). The amphibious operation, launched on Feb 26, seized 1,800.5 litres of hashish oil valued at Rs 225 crore and 1,000 kg of raw ganja worth Rs 5 crore. A sophisticated improvised lab using a 28KV generator, modified pressure cookers, and chemical solvents was recovered. The lab had been operational for approximately 15 days, set up by Jayaraj who leveraged local contacts in the ganja trade along the Odisha–Andhra Pradesh border. +
News:2026-02-28/Enforcement/pro-1-destroys-88m-worth-of-marijuana-across-191-ilocos-operations-in-february-2026 +
Police Regional Office 1 reported 191 anti-illegal drug operations conducted across the Ilocos region during February 2026, with combined seizures valued at ₱94.2 million and 203 suspects arrested. Cannabis eradication accounted for ₱88 million of the total, comprising 388,072 fully grown plants, 111,100 seedlings, 31 kilograms of stalks, and 20 kilograms of fruiting tops. Separate parallel operations yielded 849.44 grams of shabu, 101.21 grams of dried cannabis, 18 grams of kush, and 4 millilitres of cannabis liquid. PRO 1 information office chief Maj. Divina Albino said the bulk of operations were conducted in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces. PRO 1 Director Brig. Gen. Dindo Reyes framed the activity as alignment with national-government direction to further intensify drug enforcement at the barangay level. +
Buttala Police raided a well-maintained cannabis plantation in the Wandama area of Yala National Park, seizing approximately 13,500 plants valued at over 5 million rupees. Officers also recovered a locally manufactured firearm from the suspect, a resident of the Kuda Oya area, who is to be produced before Wellawaya Magistrate's Court. All confiscated plants were destroyed by fire. +
News:2026-03-03/Enforcement/army-pdea-destroy-two-marijuana-plantations-worth-10-3m-in-kalingalan-caluang-sulu +
Joint operatives of the Philippine Army's 1102nd Infantry Brigade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Sulu office, and police destroyed two cannabis plantations in Barangay Masjid Punjungan, Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu on 3 March 2026. The first site covered approximately 1,000 square metres with 5,500 fully grown plants; the second covered 2,000 square metres with 6,000 plants, for a combined 11,500 plants across 3,000 square metres with a reported value of ₱10.35 million. Plants were uprooted and burned on site. The PDEA is investigating to identify the cultivators. Brig. Gen. Alaric Avelino Delos Santos, commander of the 1102nd Infantry Brigade, credited inter-agency collaboration. The article notes this was the second destruction in Kalingalan Caluang in 2026; an earlier operation on 13 February 2026 destroyed plantations valued at ₱18.2 million in barangays Masjid Punjungan and Pitogo. +
News:2026-03-07/Trafficking/customs-and-pdea-seize-800-kg-thailand-origin-marijuana-worth-1-2b-at-manila-international-container-port +
Bureau of Customs officers, working with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine Coast Guard, seized approximately 800 kilograms of vacuum-sealed cannabis at the Manila International Container Port on 7 March 2026. The material, reported at ₱1.2 billion at standard drug price, was concealed across 80 boxes within a shipment declared as containing rubber mats and plastic wares. The container had arrived from Thailand. An individual identifying himself as the broker's representative was apprehended during the examination. The shipment had been flagged by the BOC Intelligence Group's Risk Management Office and subjected to a 100 percent physical examination. BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno attributed the interdiction to risk assessment, intelligence coordination, and frontline inspection. The seized cannabis was formally turned over to PDEA for disposal. +
News:2026-03-09/Enforcement/suspect-arrested-in-raid-on-two-acre-cannabis-cultivation-in-kebilihtha-reserve +
Officers of Athimale Police Station and the Police Narcotics Bureau raided a two-acre cannabis cultivation in the Kotiyagala Reserve area on the morning of 9 March 2026, destroying 55,220 plants of approximately six feet in height by burning. A 34-year-old resident of Embilipitiya was taken into custody. +
News:2026-03-15/Enforcement/cordillera-police-destroy-89-240-marijuana-plants-in-33-operations-9-15-march-15-arrested-in-parallel-drug-ops +
The Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR), working with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, reported 33 cannabis eradication operations across the region between 9 and 15 March 2026. Officers uprooted 87,740 fully grown plants, 1,500 seedlings, and 146.72 kilograms of dried leaves and fruiting tops. Combined with parallel drug operations the same week — eight buy-bust operations, two police response operations, and one warrant service — the total seized material was valued at ₱43,695,200. Fifteen individuals were arrested during the buy-bust and response operations, six classified as "high-value" and nine as "street-level," in Benguet, Kalinga, and Baguio City. No arrests were reported from the 33 eradication operations. Fourteen grams of shabu were also seized. +
News:2026-03-16/Policy/tripura-government-tells-assembly-12-479-98-hectares-of-cannabis-destroyed-in-three-years +
In a written reply to the Tripura Legislative Assembly on Monday 16 March 2026, in response to questions raised by MLAs Ranjit Debbarma, Nirmal Biswas, Sudip Sarkar, Nayan Sarkar and Leader of Opposition Jiten Chowdhury, Chief Minister Manik Saha and the state Home Department reported destruction of illegal cannabis cultivation across 12,479.98 hectares between 2023 and 2025. Tripura Police conducted 793 anti-cannabis drives in the period, destroying 52,425,791 standing plants and seizing 133,418.625 kg of dried ganja valued at approximately ₹54 crore. Seized material was disposed of at Bodhjung Nagar Industrial Estate near Agartala under the supervision of the High Level and State Level Drug Disposal Committees, on court directives. Two individuals were arrested for cannabis cultivation and 15 others arrested for obstructing destruction drives, with charge sheets filed and matters under trial. Sepahijala recorded the highest extent of destroyed cultivation in the period. +
News:2026-03-17/Enforcement/police-destroy-20m-marijuana-plantation-in-kimbutan-dupax-del-sur-10-311-plants-uprooted +
On 17 March 2026, police led by Dupax del Sur Municipal Police chief Maj. Anthony Ayungo destroyed a 1,200-square-metre cannabis plantation in Sitio Gunot, Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya. Authorities uprooted 10,311 fully grown plants with a reported street value of ₱20 million. The site had been discovered a day earlier, on 16 March, during routine monitoring, and was accessible only after an approximately four-hour mountain trek from the barangay proper. The operation included personnel from the 2nd Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Provincial Intelligence Unit, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, with barangay officials, media, and Department of Justice personnel present as witnesses. No arrests were made. Ayungo described the terrain as deliberately prepared for cultivation, citing the remote location as evidence of organised operation. Samples were retained for forensic analysis, and the remainder of the material was burned on site. +
The Philippine National Police conducted 24 cannabis eradication operations across Benguet from 16 to 22 March 2026, destroying 72,900 fully grown plants, 420 seedlings, and over 454 kilograms of dried leaves, stalks and fruiting tops. The PNP valued the seized material at ₱69.172 million. PNP chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said operations would continue in "areas used for planting and production" and that the force was also focusing on interdicting distribution networks. +
News:2026-03-23/Enforcement/three-marijuana-plantations-raided-in-kimbutan-dupax-del-sur-12-9m-destroyed +
On 23 March 2026, joint operatives of the Dupax del Sur Municipal Police Station, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and other units raided three cannabis plantations in Barangay Kimbutan, Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya. Authorities reported the destroyed material as valued at ₱12.9 million, though plant counts and area were not disclosed. The three sites were described as located in separate areas near a prior raid on 17 March 2026, which had uncovered a plantation in the same barangay valued at ₱20 million. Dupax del Sur police chief Maj. Anthony Ayungo said the plantations showed signs of organised cultivation, including fertiliser use and a developed irrigation system. The tip to authorities reportedly came from residents. Police stated the pattern suggests widespread cultivation in the upland and rugged areas of Nueva Vizcaya, and that investigations were ongoing to identify cultivators and financiers. +
Officers from Operation Sasamaki seized more than 7,000 green plants believed to be cannabis from a farm at Qaranibali in Vusasivo, Natewa, on Vanua Levu. The discovery was made via drone surveillance. Some plants exceeded four metres in height. The seized material has been sent for analysis. +
News:2026-03-28/Enforcement/amtali-police-seize-578-kg-of-dry-cannabis-and-arrest-one-on-bypass-road-near-agartala +
In a late-night operation on Friday 27 March 2026, Amtali Police seized approximately 578 kg of dried cannabis packed in 17 packets and arrested one suspect at a naka checkpoint on the bypass road near Amtali Police Station, Agartala, West Tripura district. Officials estimated the seized material at approximately ₹60 lakh. The accused, identified as Prasenjit Debnath of Konaban under Madhupur Police Station in Sepahijala district, was apprehended while transporting the contraband in a goods auto-rickshaw (registration TR 07 1834). The interception team was led by Amtali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Paritosh Das with Sub-Inspector Ranabrata Ghosh and Tripura Police and TSR personnel. A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Investigation, including interrogation to ascertain the source and intended destination of the consignment, was reported as ongoing. +
News:2026-03-29/Enforcement/pnp-destroys-28-5m-worth-of-marijuana-in-24-operations-across-benguet-and-kalinga +
The Philippine National Police conducted 24 eradication operations in the Cordillera Administrative Region from 23 to 29 March 2026, destroying cannabis with a reported street value of ₱28.5 million. In Benguet, 22 operations uncovered more than 80,000 fully grown plants and over 57 kilograms of dried cannabis valued at nearly ₱23 million. Two operations in Kalinga destroyed 28,000 plants valued at ₱5.6 million. PNP chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. described the campaign as a "non-stop" effort to eradicate cultivation at source and again called for community reporting of suspected plantations. +
Approximately 400 fully grown cannabis plants were uprooted and burned on site during a joint eradication operation in Sitio Lawaan, Barangay Sohoton, Badian, Cebu on the afternoon of 8 April 2026. The plantation was first spotted by the 703rd Major Combat Operation during a preventive patrol in a remote mountainous area, prompting a joint operation involving Badian Municipal Police Station, Dalaguete Municipal Police Station, Regional Intelligence Division 7, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. The Dangerous Drugs Board valuation was ₱80,000. Ten stalks were preserved for chemical examination at the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory. Police identified the alleged cultivator as a 45-year-old farmer resident of Barangay Manlapay, Dalaguete, already in custody from a separate arrest the previous day. Charges under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being prepared. +
Polres Karo arrested four men on 8 April 2026 in Karo regency, North Sumatra, carrying 47 g of wet cannabis and 27 g of dried cannabis powder. The investigation led officers to a cannabis field at Kutarayat village in Naman Teran district, inside a protected forest area on the slopes of Mount Sinabung. Officers recovered 75 plants ranging 35 to 150 cm in height with a combined wet weight of 650 g, tied with blue plastic cord and hidden among stacked timber. The four men, identified as FG (30), DK (31), EF alias I (37) and YZ (22), are in custody. +