P2.19-M marijuana plants uprooted along Ilocos Sur-Benguet border

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) uprooted and destroyed marijuana plants worth an estimated P2.19 million during a two-day operation along the disputed border of Ilocos Sur and Benguet, authorities said. The joint operation was conducted from Sept. 10 to 11 in an area