News:2021-07-07/Enforcement/title-trio-charged-with-growing-marijuana-in-oddar-meanchey

Cambodia·Oddar Meanchey·Anlong Veng·Ta Meng village· (Northwestern Cambodia)

Title: Trio charged with growing marijuana in Oddar Meanchey

Oddar Meanchey provincial police arrested a man and two women for cultivating 12,500 marijuana plants on 5,500 square metres inside a five-hectare mango farm in Ta Meng village. Police seized 36 kg of dried marijuana, a car, a home-made tractor, and processing equipment. All three were charged under Article 38 of the Law on Drug Control and face two to five years' imprisonment. Provincial police chief Major General Huoth Sothy called on villagers not to plant marijuana or deal with drugs.

Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50888843/trio-charged-with-growing-marijuana/