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As New Orleans police seize marijuana, they can’t stop some inside the department headquarters from consuming the confiscated stash. It’s not officers they’re having trouble with, but rather rats that have infested the building for years. “The rats are eating our marijuana,” Anne Kirkpatrick, police chief in the southern US city said. “They’re all high.” Kirkpatrick made her comments speaking to a city council meeting earlier this week, according to local media. Rats and cockroaches […]
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022. Cannabis was taken off the list of banned narcotics in June 2022 under the previous government, which included the pro-legalisation Bhumjaithai party. The move prompted hundreds of cannabis dispensaries to sprout around the country, particularly in Bangkok, provoking concern from critics who urged the need for […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed around P9 million worth of marijuana in Lanao del Sur over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the sites of operations on Sunday, June 19, were Sitio Dibarosan, Barangay Dilimbayan and Maguing. The first site of operation yielded P2 million worth of fully grown marijuana plants. The second site, meanwhile, the PNP said, had P3 million worth of the same. The third site, which included […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed P5 million worth of marijuana plants in Kalinga, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, March 30. According to the Philippine National Police, the 25,000 herbs had been planted on around 2,500 square meters of land in Barangay Buscalan, Tinglayan. They were discovered as policemen conducted clearing operations from 6:00 a.m. of March 28 to 10 a.m. of March 29 in the mountains, the PNP said. No one was arrested. […]
(Eagle News) — Around P400,000 of marijuana plants were destroyed by police personnel in Benguet, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday, Dec. 19. According to the PNP, operatives of the Kibungan Municipal Police Station (MPS) discovered the 2,000 marijuana plants on Friday, Dec. 16. The PNP said the plants were already fully-grown and were found on a 400-square-meter communal land in Sitio Dalipey, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan. According to the report, all the marijuana plants […]
(Eagle News) — Around P6 million worth of marijuana was seized in Kapangan, Benguet recently, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP identified those arrested by police manning a checkpoint as Marry Ann Felipe Del Rosario, Simiano Tadina Patingan, and Jun Comot Colera. The police said they had flagged down the Mitsubishi Montero the suspects were using to inspect the vehicle when they saw the suspected marijuana inside. A police officer, the PNP said, also […]
(Eagle News) — Over P40 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed in Kalinga on Thursday, Aug. 26, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the 203, 500 fully-grown marijuana plants were found in five different sites in Barangay Loccong. They had an estimated total value of P40,700,000. “Ipagpatuloy lamang natin ang mga ganitong operasyon para sa patuloy nating pagsupil sa ilegal na droga,” PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said. He said a follow-up […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed 15,000 fully-grown marijuana plants worth P3 million in Davao del Sur on Saturday, July 25. According to the Philippine National Police, the plants were found in two clandestine farms in Sitio Siman Da-ag, Barangay Tacub, Kiblawan. The first site was 600 square meters big and housed 5,000 fully-grown marijuana plants of the 15,000 destroyed. The PNP estimated their value at P1,000,000. The second site, on the other hand, had a […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed P24.7 million worth of marijuana in Kalinga, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, its personnel uprooted more or less 123,500 fully grown marijuana plants over the three-day operation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan. The operations were headed by joint elements of the Special Operations Unit of the Cordillera Autonomous Region, PNP Drug Enforcement Group, Tinglayan Municipal Police Station, Pasil MPS, Pinukpuk MPS, Balbalan MPS, Lubuagan MPS, Provincial Drug […]
(Eagle News)–More than P7 million worth of marijuana bricks were seized in Kalinga following a tip from a concerned citizen. The Philippine National Police said the P7.8 million worth of illegal drugs were about to be transported from Kalinga to Cagayan when seized. The illegal drugs were sezied from a concrete sewer in Sitio Anonang, Barangay Road, Liwan West. Law enforcers discovered the three abandoned sacks containing 53 pieces of dried marijuana leaves and stalks […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed marijuana plants worth P28 million in Kalinga province recently. In a statement, the PNP said the 110,000 fully-grown marijuana plants, estimated to be worth P22 million, and 50,000 grams of marijuana stalks worth P6 million were burned down by authorities in the plantation in Barangay Loccong in Tinglayan Municipality. It occupied a land area of 5,500 square meters. The PNP said several individuals fired at the arriving authorities but no arrest […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is reviewing its protocols to ensure that the chain of custody rule is being followed in operations. The PNP issued the statement after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 64 dismissed the drug case against rapper Loonie, Marlon Peroramas in real life, over the “unjustified deviation” from the chain of custody rule by the arresting officer. “Tuwing may mga ganitong pangyayari (Every time something like this happens), we […]
