News:2026-10-26/Eradication/police-and-pdea-car-destroy-1-200-cannabis-plants-and-400-seedlings-at-sitio-taba-ao-in-kibungan-benguet

NewsEradication26 October 2026

Police and PDEA-CAR destroy 1,200 cannabis plants and 400 seedlings at Sitio Taba-ao in Kibungan, Benguet

Part of Philippines eradication campaigns (2026)

The Manila Times reported that on 26 October a joint team destroyed 1,200 fully grown marijuana plants and 400 seedlings, worth an estimated P256,000, at Sitio Taba-ao, Barangay Poblacion, Kibungan. The team came from the Kibungan Municipal Police Station, the 1st and 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Companies, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, the Provincial Intelligence Unit, Regional Intelligence Unit 14 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The article places the operation under the Philippine National Police's Oplan Ultimate Grass Cutter and reports no arrests.

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PlaceSitio Taba-aoKibunganBenguetPhilippines

AgencyKibungan Municipal Police Station; 1st and 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Companies; Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit; Provincial Intelligence Unit; Regional Intelligence Unit 14; Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Cordillera Administrative Region

Plants eradicated1,200

Approximate location16.69, 120.65

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2026-10-26 Eradication Police and PDEA-CAR destroy 1,200 cannabis plants and 400 seedlings at Sitio Taba-ao in Kibungan, Benguet The Manila Times reported that on 26 October a joint team destroyed 1,200 fully grown marijuana plants and 400 seedlings, worth an estimated P256,000, at Sitio Taba-ao, Barangay Poblacion, Kibungan. The team came from the Kibungan Municipal Police Station, the 1st and 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Companies, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, the Provincial Intelligence Unit, Regional Intelligence Unit 14 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The article places the operation under the Philippine National Police's Oplan Ultimate Grass Cutter and reports no arrests. https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/10/28/regions/oplan-grass-cutter-clips-marijuana-volume-in-benguet/2455211 Philippines eradication campaigns (2026) Philippines Benguet Kibungan Sitio Taba-ao 16° 41' 24.00" N, 120° 39' 0.00" E jurisdiction centre Kibungan Municipal Police Station; 1st and 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Companies; Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit; Provincial Intelligence Unit; Regional Intelligence Unit 14; Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Cordillera Administrative Region 1200