TINOC, Ifugao - Villagers of this remote Ifugao town belittled the marijuana-eradication drive of the government but offered to become partners in the anti-illegal drug operation of the government if a road is built to cut across a few remaining kilometers to connect the municipality to the nearest provincial road of Ifugao.

Last May 21, Chief Supt. Noe Wong, Cordillera regional police director, led the torching of marijuana plants and seedlings worth some R229 million at sitio Mulam, barangay Ahin, Tinoc.

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