PHP13.7-M worth of marijuana uprooted in Agusan del Sur

CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan De Oro City, Oct. 19 (PNA) -- A joint military and police anti-illegal drug operation has discovered and uprooted a marijuana plantation in Agusan del Sur province, valued at PHP13.7 million, the military reported Wednesday.

Spokesperson of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division here, Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, said the two marijuana plantation sites were spotted in the village of Kasapa in Loreto, Agusan del Sur last Saturday.

He said the team uprooted a total of 29,000 fully grown marijuana plants from the first site and 26,100 plants from the second site.

Martinez said the same team of police and the 26th Infantry Battalion personnel

recently arrested two drug personalities in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, and seized

PHP4.6 million worth of suspected “shabu”.

He said the operation followed the three-day Law Enforcement Operations Trainers Training held in Cagayan de Oro City last October 10-13.

The training equipped the military with the tools to apprehend and conduct an anti-illegal drug operation, in cooperation with the police and other anti-illegal drug law enforcement agencies, Martinez said.

He said Maj. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr., commander of the 4th Infantry Division, congratulated the joint military and police operation for their big achievement, considering the value of the seized marijuana, which could have

possibly destroyed thousands of innocent lives. (PNA)