{"id":17361,"date":"2025-11-04T07:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17361"},"modified":"2025-11-04T07:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:42:22","slug":"p1-6m-floating-marijuana-found-in-batangas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/p1-6m-floating-marijuana-found-in-batangas\/","title":{"rendered":"P1.6M FLOATING MARIJUANA FOUND IN BATANGAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna &#8212; Authorities on Sunday recovered suspected dried \u201chigh-grade\u201d marijuana or kush worth P1.62 million found floating off Balayan, Batangas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prior to the find,\u00a0\u00a0the Balayan Municipal Police Station received a call from barangay chairman Roderick Reyes Delos Reyes about the discovery of several sacks containing suspected illegal drugs along the coastline of Bgy. San Piro in Balayan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The illegal drugs were reportedly spotted floating off the West Philippine Sea and drifted towards Bgy. San Piro.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police personnel immediately proceeded to the area to verify the information and conduct an investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Upon arrival, authorities confirmed the presence of six sacks containing\u00a0\u00a027 packs of dried marijuana\/kush weighing around 13.5 kilograms, with an estimated street value of \u20b11,620,000.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon) regional director\u00a0\u00a0Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas commended the vigilance of the barangay officials and the swift response of the Balayan police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe timely report of our concerned citizens and barangay officials shows the spirit of cooperation that strengthens our campaign against illegal drugs,\u201d Lucas said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe will not let our guard down and will continue to intensify maritime and coastal patrol operations to prevent drug trafficking attempts in our region,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucas reiterated that PRO-Calabarzon remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring a drug-free and safe community, in line with the chief PNP\u2019s Focused Agenda to intensify police operations in the fight against illegal drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna &mdash; Authorities on Sunday recovered suspected dried &ldquo;high-grade&rdquo; marijuana or kush worth P1.62 million found floating off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17364,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17361\/revisions\/17364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}