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| Police photos show the marijuana plantation in Kalingalan Caluang in Sulu province. |
Officials
said two farmers managed to escape the weekend raid in the village called
Masjid Bayle and are being hunted by the police.
Brig.
Gen. Eden Ugale, the regional police director, said some P8.6 million worth of
marijuana plants was destroyed. He also commended the successful operation and
lauded troops who took part in the raid. "PRO BAR will remain relentless
in its campaign against illegal drugs and criminality to maintain peace and
order in the Bangsamoro region," he said, referring to the police forces
in the Muslim autonomous region.
The
operation was participated by the Sulu Police Provincial Office, Regional
Mobile Force Battalion, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine Marines,
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Regional Intelligence Unit,
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency and the Special Action Force.
Ugale,
quoting a report from the Sulu Police Provincial Office, has identified the two
farmers who escaped the raid only as Jabs and Aksan. “They were able to elude
arrest and they are among the cultivators of the 10,000 square meter marijuana
plantation. Uprooted evidence was burned in the area of operation and sample
evidence was submitted to Sulu Provincial Crime Laboratory Office. In addition,
a case is being prepared for filing against the at-large suspects for violating
the R.A. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002,” he said.
Police
did not say how it located the farm or whether civilians tipped of authorities
about the illegal activities. (Mindanao Examiner)
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