Pubdate: Thu, 19 Dec 2002
Source: Manila Times (Philippines)
Copyright: 2002, The Manila Times
Contact:  http://www.manilatimes.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/921
Author: Jeoffrey B. Maitem and Reuben Aldaya, Correspondents

MARIJUANA PLANTATION IN MAGUINDANAO BURNED

CAMP SIONGCO, AWANG, Maguindanao - Soldiers yesterday burned about P30- 
million worth of marijuana plants found near a rebel satellite camp in 
Carmen, North Cotabato.

The six-hectare plantation in Bgy. Tanganon was being guarded by suspected 
Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels and Pentagon kidnapping gang members, 
said Maj. Julieto Ando, spokesman of the Army's 6th Infantry Division.

The raid was preceded by another in neighboring Bgy. Tupig. About 
P5-million worth of marijuana was seized from the farm.

In Tacloban City, 10 drug peddlers - including a nephew of city traffic 
chief Danile Eclipse - were arrested in a raid in a barangay notorious for 
drug trafficking.

The city anti-narcotics unit confiscated from the group a total of 22.7 
grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P44,100 and drug 
paraphernalia.

A notorious drug dealer, identified as Monito de la Cruz, escaped the raid, 
police said.
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