News:2021-05-21/Enforcement/eight-marijuana-sites-destroyed-in-bayong-kor-mountains-police-report-maps-four-commune-cultivation-zone

Cambodia·Takeo·Kirivong·Dob Thmor Changkran village· (Southern Cambodia)

Eight marijuana sites destroyed in Bayong Kor mountains; police report maps four-commune cultivation zone

Takeo provincial police destroyed marijuana plants at eight locations covering 2,732 m² in Dob Thmor Changkran village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, along with five reservoirs. District police chief Yuk Sarath led the operation. Commune police chief In Savuth described tracking methods: "we looked for signs in the forest, footprints and traces of people walking on the rocks." A provincial police report revealed the Bayong Kor mountain range spans four communes in Kirivong district — Preah Bat Choan Chum, Prey Ampok, Som, and Kiri Chung Koh — all near the Vietnamese border and "ideal for growing marijuana and smuggling to Vietnam." Border guard battalion unit 603 conducts regular joint operations. Cumulative 2019–H1 2021 statistics: 97 operations, 443 locations burned, 282 reservoirs destroyed, 80.5 kg dried marijuana confiscated, total cultivated area of 609,687 m² (60.97 hectares).

Source: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-takeo-marijuana-growers