Mindanaotoday.com | Cops uproot 120K worth ‘weed’ in Bukidnon
By: Franck Dick Rosete
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – THE local police of Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon discovered and successfully uprooted the grown alleged marijuana at the secluded area in Sitio Diamante, Barangay Dalirig on Wednesday afternoon, January 4.
In a report sent by the Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, the responding police personnel, with the presence of Brgy. Dalirig councilman Robert Tomonglay uprooted 30 hills grown alleged marijuana, approximately more or less four (4) feet tall.
The uprooted marijuana has an estimated weight of 1kg with an estimated standard drug price of P120,000.
Maj. Harvey Sanchez, Manolo Fortich police chief, said in a phone interview on Thursday, January 5 that the planted marijuana was discovered by some individuals after they were asked by the lot owner to clean the said area.
“The said individuals were tasked and paid to clean the area. While cleaning, they noticed that there were plants that seemed to be being taken care of by someone else, and that’s the time they discovered,” Sanchez said in vernacular.
“They wondered why there were people who had reached this very secluded area,” he added.
The said individuals who were tasked to clean the area immediately told the land owner about the plantation, which the land owner also reported to the village officials and to the police station.
As of this writing, the Manolo Fortich police are still continuing to track down the possible suspects who planted the alleged Marijuana at the secluded area in Sitio Diamante, Brgy. Dalirig.
The confiscated illegal drugs were brought to Manolo Fortich Municipal Police Station and subsequently turned-over to the Regional Forensic Group 10 in Cagayan de Oro City for further qualitative and quantitative laboratory examination.
Col. Reynante Reyes, provincial director of the Bukidnon Police Provincial Office, in a statement, commended the Manolo Fortich police for the immediate response and continuously encouraged the public to support the police and other law enforcement agencies in fighting criminalities. (MT)
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