P9M marijuana plants confiscated in Cebu City | Inquirer News

P9M marijuana plants confiscated in Cebu City

By: - Senior Reporter / @inquirervisayas
/ 12:27 PM April 11, 2018

CEBU CITY – Close to P9 million worth of marijuana plants were seized by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in the mountain village of Tagbao in Cebu City on Tuesday.

PDEA-7 spokesperson Leia Albiar said in a press conference on Wednesday that they first uprooted 14,152 fully grown marijuana plants about 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Four hours later, the agents seized 8,380 marijuana plants in the same place. No one was arrested. Albiar said they had yet to verify who owns the marijuana plants.

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