18.5 Million In Pot Seized In Philippines "Wow"

[Ranken]

Marijuana bricks worth P18.5 M confiscated

By ARTEMIO DUMLAO
The Philippine Star

BAGUIO CITY – Police seized 772 dried marijuana bricks en route to Metro Manila reportedly for a "big summer sale" at a checkpoint in Bontoc, Mt. Province’s capital town, last weekend.
Senior Superintendent Pedro Ganir, Mt. Province police director, said the contraband, weighing 742 kilos and valued at 18.55 million, was being transported to Baguio City en route to Metro Manila when it was intercepted last Sunday night.
Acting on a tip, Bontoc policemen led by Senior Inspector Julio Lizardo set up a checkpoint in Sitio Lag­kangeo, Barangay Caluttit for the bust, Ganir said.
Police said the dried marijuana bricks were found in a Hyundai Grace van owned by PCS Cargo Movers Network Inc. and driven by a certain Julius Alcido, who was accompanied by one Mario Dalacnas.
Ganir said the two told policemen that a certain Gina Banao, a resident of Barangay Botbot in Tingalayan, Kalinga, hired them to transport the marijuana to Baguio City, where a trader would then bring it to the metropolis.
The two are now facing charges for violating Republic Act 9165, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, for transporting prohibited drugs, said Inspector Ruel Tagel, spokesman of the Mt. Province police.
Ganir said the marijuana bust should serve as a "strong warning" to those involved in the marijuana trade "to better find other means of livelihood or end up in jail."
According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Cordillera office, marijuana is harvested during this period until summer in the region, which remains to be the biggest producer of marijuana in the country, accounting for at least 85 percent of the supply.
PDEA claimed that the marijuana trade could be stopped in five years if the government would sustain livelihood assistance for marijuana growers and the eradication campaign.
"The drug menace should be dealt with seriously because it is a potent threat to the future, especially of the young," Ganir said.

 

[the widowman]

well they can have a big summer sale down my way any time of the year,HAHAHA also anybody know of any strains from the phillapines.

 

[VictorVIcious]

Thia weed would grow well there, its a tropical Island. The country is poor. We have had many Phillipenoes (sp) that were workers on Cruise Ships. Usually on a 9 month or longer contract. VV

 

[the widowman]

but they must have some bomb the ass shit growing wild man. i bet its good, its a strict catholic country so maybe pot is a big nono. last time i had bricks of herbal weed it was thai and it was good sh#t, it was that oily it was a black/green color and a good smoke, but a lot of people got tolernt of it which i thought was weird man.

 

[padawanplanter]

well they can have a big summer sale down my way any time of the year,HAHAHA also anybody know of any strains from the phillapines.

so thats why prices went up a bit... lol
i have been staying here for quite some time now. stuff here in the Phil. are mostly sativa. i have collected tons of seeds now so that i could plant'em when i get home. im not sure if there are indicas here coz i have never seen one before. all the stuff here contains seeds..tsk *untapped potential*

if you're wondering how strong the stuff here in this part of the world... well it gives the user just an ample chillax high. like you could just stay in front of a beach and toke it up all day.

 

[AJ12Gamer]

Weed in tha phil is only $50USD for a lb. of some high grade! Tha high last about a few hours....

 

[Shift]

Wow. I'll take a few lbs at that price, when you coming back?

 

[greenops]

lol just found this thread while googling.

I lived in the PI from 2001-2010... and it took some time before I found a source who gets sensi (without seed), but i wouldnt say its high grade compared to what you get in places like amsterdam, switzerland etc...
The high is good, i cant tell if indica or sativa, im sure i had both overthere. But the weed there is almost tasteless, and the smell isnt that strong. A bowl can give you a buzz, but im sure the thc is way lower than the usual shit you get.
I can get 1 kilo for 6500 to 8000 philippine pesos. Thats 144 - 177 USD a kilo! People are poor overthere so not everybody is going to buy a kilo.
I smoked with A LOT of people in the capital Manila, and i scored from many different sources, but I never came across some real potent high quality weed.
If there are any growers in the philippines here in Rollitup, please get at me. Im here in europe now starting to grow and i wanna do it over there and teach some people to do it, but i need to know where you guys get equipments and all that.... =)

 

[PinoyTeenSmoker]

Hi greenops! im russ a teen smoker from mania. ive got a good dealer here. fucking T H C4 Bomb i hit k.o, haha! im smoking ryt now. if you want to have fun just text message me in my cellphone smart sim card. 0947406441

 

[inGodweedtrust]

Where you from man? Im from las pinas...know any dealers over here? I havent smoked for three fucking months....help a fellow stoner out....

 

[Senseimilla]

P18.5 million is less than $500,000 US - so not a lot on our scale Maybe I just never had a good hookup in the philippines, but only got schwag there

you'd have to mail order your supplies or grow outdoors and go sustainable. You wouldn't want to grow indoors though the power is too expensive and the current is so unstable generally due to poor wiring most electronics don't last that long -- hence why most people unplug their electrical items when not in use. Prepare to bribe your way to not getting caught or getting out if you get busted -- otherwise you are going to spend a very long time in jail -- and jail there is not the same as it is here with all these niceties -- they expect your relatives to feed you in most jails there. On the bright side, you can be dancing in a youtube video? I wouldn't plan on going down there and doing it as any major business unless you want to end up dead the trade there is mainly controlled by organized crime.

Sad to say after almost a year off the weed in the philippines barely got me high.

Cebu in the house.

 

[cannawizard]

no wonder there was a weed shortage in manila, lol..

i dont know why the philippines had to copy this anti-MJ bullshit, thnx to the 1930's reefer madness crap in the U.S..
oh well, you can get prostitutes here any day of the week, but you cant smoke weed... SMH~

 

[sensisensai]

That's alotta hooch

 

[Senseimilla]

i'm pretty sure it's because the philippines used to be a US protectorate and they probably put that shit in when it was. Also big US ally so even if not then I'm sure they went along with any crazy treaty the US wanted. Catholic country doesn't help either -- laws way harsher than in the US. Filipino prisons are no fun (not that i been there, but have read enough while there to know it's a place far worse than any US prison)

 

[calicat]

Here they have an indica dominant strain called Cebu Gold.

 

[Senseimilla]

Must be nice, the only shit I ever got in Cebu was worse than 90s mexican brickweed. If any of you are in the philippines be really careful if you do try to get any... cops love to entrap you in order to put you in jail until you give'm a nice large bribe

 

[420Pilipinas]

Anyone tried growing imported Autoflowering seeds here in the Philippines, outdoor?

 

[cannawizard]

if your gonna grow outdoors in PI, do it in a greenhouse, it rains too much to grow hybrids or autos successfully.. thats why most of the stuff in the PI looks like it has mold on it during harvest :\

@calicat -- i thought cebu gold was sativa dominant strain (kinda resembles 'thai sticks'), im guessing the one your speaking off is probably some indy strain some filipino guy living in norcal decided to name his pheno..

 

[bud nugbong]

We are in a "bud boom", fuck oil theres money to be made in a plant that grows just like any other. and you dont need to cook it up like cocaine....lots of money to be made here people. This is why i think if everyone could grow thier own we would have alot more money in the economy! and not in some other countrys pocket.. I know i spent at least 3,000$ on bud last year alone. multiply that by the millions of smokers in this country and you got yourself some big bucks.

 

[cannawizard]

shit.. if this country (Philippines) didn't jump on the 'lets make weed illegal' bandwagon.. it would be making money on this fabulous cashcrop, que sera sera~