PNP chief reminds operatives to nip marijuana from the bud

NO CONTRABAND RECYCLING. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Camilo Cascolan, together with Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-COR) Director Police Brigadier General R'win Pagkalinawan lead the ceremonial burning of marijuana plants at the PRO-COR grounds Monday, October 19, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to destroy all illegal drugs seized by authorities. (Photo by Jean Nicole Cortes)
NO CONTRABAND RECYCLING. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Camilo Cascolan, together with Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-COR) Director Police Brigadier General R'win Pagkalinawan lead the ceremonial burning of marijuana plants at the PRO-COR grounds Monday, October 19, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to destroy all illegal drugs seized by authorities. (Photo by Jean Nicole Cortes)

THE eradication of marijuana in the country should start from the seeds.

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan, who recently visited Baguio City, and the Police Regional Office-Cordillera reiterated that marijuana plants should be nipped early to prevent seedlings from growing.

“Marijuana plants now are being uprooted continuously in their infancy stage to prevent from producing seeds. Through maintaining and sustaining our operations against marijuana, we will continue to patrol these areas and if there are still marijuana plantations, these should be eradicated and destroyed,” Cascolan said.

The Chief PNP is looking for ways on how to identify and arrest marijuana cultivators.

“In some cases, it is the barangays that earn from this and, just like what we are doing here right now, if there are marijuana that were forcefully planted, we are trying to look at a lot of suspects. This is why we are enjoining everyone to provide us with information, for us to be able to identify the cultivators or the producers of marijuana, he said.

"Most of those planted in the mountains are located in public lands, but if they are located in other areas, we will evaluate and review if the land has a title and the name of the lot owner is identified. It is much better,” Cascolan added.

Cascolan also reiterated that marijuana cultivation in the Cordillera Administrative Region has never been a part of the region’s culture.

“Marijuana is grass, which grows anywhere. It is not being cultivated by Cordillerans because Cordillerans never do that. It just so happens that it’s there and being used, which is why others saw this. Actually, this is a herbal plant, but because of its (negative) effects, we need to remove and eradicate them from our communities,” Cascolan said.

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