PROCOR’S OPLAN HERODOTUS 3 CONCLUDED WITH OVER P149M WORTH OF MARIJUANA DESTROYED

The PRO COR Regional Director announced that the implementation of OPLAN HERODOTUS 3 was successful after a total of Php149,218,092.00 worth of illegal drugs were destroyed and ten (10) drug personalities were arrested in separate anti-illegal drugs operations conducted from July 16 to 23, 2023.

Citing records from PROCOR’s Regional Operations Division (ROD), a total of Php149,145,400 worth of Marijuana Plants were discovered and destroyed during the eight-day anti-illegal drugs operations.

The same report disclosed that a total of twenty-nine (29) marijuana eradication operations were conducted by joint operatives of PRO COR, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cordillera, and the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) SOU destroying a total of 693,615 pcs of Fully Grown Marijuana Plants (FGMJP), 35,560 pcs of Marijuana Seedlings, and 75,000 grams of Dried Marijuana Leaves and Stalks in the provinces of Benguet and Kalinga.

Meanwhile, ten (10) drug personalities were arrested after they were caught in possession of a total of 10.69 grams of shabu, with an overall Standard Drug Price (SDP) of Php 72,692.00 after the implementation of separate anti-illegal drugs operations in the City of Baguio and the provinces of Benguet and Abra.

The identified suspects were:  Reynato Soriano, 23; Hercules Verzola, 24; Froilan Ringor, 31; Billie Quinto, 31; Wilmer Lizardo, 33; Willyn Sendico, 28; Jaysie Liked, 32; Herceb Cadicoy, 44;  Ritchie Delos Reyee, 3; and a 17-year old minor.

It can be recalled that PROCOR previously implemented OPLAN HERODOTUS 1 on September 23–29, 2021, destroying 2,405,350 pcs of FGMJP and 1,640,000 grams of Dried Marijuana, while OPLAN HERODOTUS 2 was conducted on February 23–March 9, 2022, destroying 1,952,435 pcs of FGMJP and 940,869.24 grams of Dried Marijuana.

In his statement, PBGEN PEREDO JR., commended the efforts of the operating units in the intensified anti-illegal drugs campaign of the region, as there has been a significant reduction in the number of discovered FGMPJP and Dried Marijuana compared to the data from the previous years which implies that the anti-illegal drugs operations efforts proved effective. “We will not put our guards down, especially in this war, hand in hand, we will eliminate the drug menace in our region,” BGen. PEREDO uttered. (PRO COR-PIO /File Photos)