Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. said Wednesday that its anti-narcotics agents in collaboration with different law enforcement units in Benguet destroyed 62 marijuana plantation sites during a five-day marijuana eradication operations in two barangays in Kibungan town, Benguet.

In a statement, Cacdac said that the seized marijuana was composed of 97,100 pieces of fully grown plants; 15,225 pieces of marijuana seedlings; 2,000 grams of dried leaves; 60,000 grams of marijuana stalks; and 5,000 grams of seeds, with an over-all market value of P27,704,000.

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