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Southeast Asia
Philippine Troops Hunting Extremists Find Marijuana Plantation
2005-10-23
Security forces yesterday said they have destroyed a large marijuana plantation believed to be maintained by Abu Sayyaf extremists in the southern Philippine island of Jolo.
Like... Wow, man...
Officials said army troops were tracking down militants in the hinterlands of Patao village in Maimbung town when they stumbled into the plantation.
"Whoa! Dewd! What's the smell?"
"I think it's coming from over there!:
A combined team of soldiers and police were then sent to the place to destroy the illegal crops.
"Don't worry about it. We'll destroy the whole crop. We'll catch up with you in a few daze..."
"Like, no way, dewd! We're stayin' to destroy the crop!"
“We have uprooted at least 3,000 fully grown marijuana plants,” army Maj. Gamal Hayudini, a spokesman of the military’s Southern Command, told Arab News. Hayudini said the seized marijuana plants were handed over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for disposal.
Really.
Posted by:Fred

#5  buy that guy a beer.
Posted by: bk   2005-10-23 17:03  

#4  depends on the buds, 3DC....not that I'd know or anything
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-23 12:02  

#3  Well there goes the Palan 4H Club's rope project this year. Man. Bummed.
Posted by: Slimble Sholulet1097   2005-10-23 10:29  

#2  That's about the average size field found over there. Usually it is found up in the Northern Islands, making this a bit unusual. But then the military and police are pushing hard there this month. I doubt the ASG own these fields, they probably had guys there to guard them. The ASG lacks the ability and vision to own and manage a pot farm. Sounds like a local mayor's economic improvement project to me.
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-10-23 09:18  

#1  Now 3000 sounds like a big number but... there are likely much larger plots in many of our state and federal forests. It wouldn't keep all that many potheads happy for a year.
It might be the groups personel stash. In that case it would have made more sense to posion it then to cut it down.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-10-23 01:16  

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