News:2021-08-11/Enforcement/five-marijuana-farms-and-four-reservoirs-destroyed-in-ta-o-commune-kirivong

Cambodia·Takeo·Kirivong·· (Southern Cambodia)

Five marijuana farms and four reservoirs destroyed in Ta O commune, Kirivong

Kirivong district police destroyed five marijuana plantations covering 3,189 m² with four water reservoirs in Ta O commune. No arrests were made and police continued searching for the owners. Provincial anti-drug bureau chief Phoeung Sarun said growers were suspected to be local people, noting the three-month cultivation cycle. He described the "whack-a-mole" enforcement challenge: "When we crack down on marijuana plants in the west, growers secretly plant them in the east because this area is on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border." Sarun claimed education efforts had reduced cultivation by 60–70%.

Source: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-destroy-five-marijuana-farms-takeo-province