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Senior Supt. Alex Paul I. Monteagudo, provincial police director, reported yesterday the uprooting of some 2,000 fully grown high-grade marijuana plants in a mountainous area here.
The "hot weeds" have a street value of some R600,000, police said.
The discovery of the marijuana plantation is the second since July 16 raid on a farm in Sitio Cabulinawan, Barangay Piut, this town, where policemen uprooted 470 fully grown marijuana plants. Military intelligence reports stated that New People's Army ( NPA ) rebels have shifted to the planting of marijuana which is now main source of funds for their operating expenses following the permanent stoppage of "jueteng" operations in the province.
The raid on the marijuana farm at Sitio Sawmill, Barangay Piut was conducted by a joint team composed of elements of the local police, the Provincial Mobile Group ( PMG ) and the Army. It was led by PMG director Supt. Peter D. Guibong. Following the discovery of the "hot weeds" plantation, Monteagudo ordered the intensification of "Operation Banat" in search of marijuana plants which are believed to abound here.
Senior Inspector Angelito Dioquino Ramos, town police chief, reported a total of 2,000 fruiting marijuana plants, measuring an average of eight feet, were discovered at the farm owned by one Domingo Bestre, reportedly an Igorot.
Bestre managed to escape. The hot weeds have a street value of R600,000, Dioquino said. After a chemical analysis of the marijuana plants, Chief Inspector Cresencio de Asis, chief of the Scene of Crime Office, reported that the plants of the fiveleaf variety were "high grade."
In a related move, Monteagudo directed Supt. Roel B. Obusan, chief of the provincial intelligence and investigation, to intensify intelligence gathering to pinpoint several reported locations of marijuana plantations in the forested areas of this town.
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Source: Manila Bulletin (The Philippines)
Copyright: 2005 Manila Bulletin
Contact: bulletin@mb.com.ph
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Author: Magtanggol C. Vilar
The "hot weeds" have a street value of some R600,000, police said.
The discovery of the marijuana plantation is the second since July 16 raid on a farm in Sitio Cabulinawan, Barangay Piut, this town, where policemen uprooted 470 fully grown marijuana plants. Military intelligence reports stated that New People's Army ( NPA ) rebels have shifted to the planting of marijuana which is now main source of funds for their operating expenses following the permanent stoppage of "jueteng" operations in the province.
The raid on the marijuana farm at Sitio Sawmill, Barangay Piut was conducted by a joint team composed of elements of the local police, the Provincial Mobile Group ( PMG ) and the Army. It was led by PMG director Supt. Peter D. Guibong. Following the discovery of the "hot weeds" plantation, Monteagudo ordered the intensification of "Operation Banat" in search of marijuana plants which are believed to abound here.
Senior Inspector Angelito Dioquino Ramos, town police chief, reported a total of 2,000 fruiting marijuana plants, measuring an average of eight feet, were discovered at the farm owned by one Domingo Bestre, reportedly an Igorot.
Bestre managed to escape. The hot weeds have a street value of R600,000, Dioquino said. After a chemical analysis of the marijuana plants, Chief Inspector Cresencio de Asis, chief of the Scene of Crime Office, reported that the plants of the fiveleaf variety were "high grade."
In a related move, Monteagudo directed Supt. Roel B. Obusan, chief of the provincial intelligence and investigation, to intensify intelligence gathering to pinpoint several reported locations of marijuana plantations in the forested areas of this town.
Newshawk: SirBlazinBowl - 420times.com
Source: Manila Bulletin (The Philippines)
Copyright: 2005 Manila Bulletin
Contact: bulletin@mb.com.ph
Website:Homepage
Author: Magtanggol C. Vilar
