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News:2017-07-08/Enforcement/14-626-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-44-locations-in-kirivong-takeo +
Kirivong district deputy police chief Yang Dara reported the destruction of 14,626 cannabis plants found across 44 locations in the second crackdown that week. All plantation owners evaded arrest. Dara said locals hid cultivation in forests and mountains. The previous day, 12,813 plants were destroyed in a separate operation. Year-to-date through early July 2017, Takeo police had seized and destroyed 162,321 plants. +
The News Minute reported on escalating Kerala Ganja seizures in Sri Lanka, with over 300 kg seized in the preceding two months alone. Arrests included a Sri Lankan Excise Department officer at Vavuniya and an army soldier transporting 2 kg to Trincomalee. The Sri Lankan Navy had seized KG six times by October 2017. Crucially, Kerala Excise Commissioner Rishi Raj Singh stated that Kerala has "no mass ganja cultivation these days, even in Idukki," identifying Odisha, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh as the actual mass cultivation sources, with Naxals or ex-Naxals involved. He noted that Idukki cannabis had historically commanded a premium in international markets and that "the chances of faking ganja from other parts of the country as Kerala ganja cannot be ruled out" — effectively confirming the KG label as a brand name rather than an origin designation. +
News:2017-11-27/Enforcement/police-destroy-28-114-marijuana-plants-across-83-locations-in-kirivong-takeo +
Two units of Kirivong district police searched mountain areas known for cannabis farming and destroyed 28,114 plants across 83 locations. No arrests were made as cultivators fled in advance. Deputy police chief Yang Dara described the five-kilometre mountain trek required to locate farms and the observe-from-above approach. Between January and November 2017, approximately 250,000 marijuana plants were destroyed in the district. In a separate incident, two Vietnamese nationals were arrested attempting to smuggle 2 kg of cannabis from Vietnam. +
Anti-drug police discovered 6,321 marijuana plants in a remote mountainous area of Preah Bat Choan Chum commune after a villager tip-off. The plantation was located on Da Thlat Mountain, more than two kilometres from the nearest village, on state land. Police uprooted and burned the plants. No arrests were made; the case remains open. This followed a November operation in which 28,114 plants were destroyed in the same district. +
A force of 70 officials led by Kirivong district police chief Yuk Sarat destroyed 16,321 cannabis plants found across 69 small plots on public land in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune. The operation began Tuesday morning. No suspects were identified despite an ongoing investigation. Police chief Sarat posted the operation to Facebook, writing that crackdowns would continue as long as the crime persists. The Phnom Penh Post also noted that in December, plantations of 6,800 and 12,000 plants were separately destroyed, in addition to nearly 30,000 in November. +
News:2018-01-18/Enforcement/16-270-marijuana-plants-and-84-irrigation-wells-destroyed-in-chroy-village-kirivong +
About 70 coalition forces conducted a crackdown on 69 locations in Chroy Village, Preah Bat Choantok commune, destroying 16,270 marijuana plants and 84 irrigation wells over 5,075 square metres. Deputy police chief Yang Dara noted plants at various growth stages — some newly planted, some already flowering. "The mountainous terrain makes it hard for the police to crack down. People continue to plant and dig irrigation wells." +
News:2018-01-25/Enforcement/21-371-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-56-locations-in-kirivong-takeo +
Takeo provincial police burned 21,371 marijuana plants found across 56 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune following an investigation and villager reports. Lieutenant Colonel Mak Serey Vathana said plants were grown on small plots along the mountain to evade detection, and that water storage wells were also destroyed. He noted monthly police checks of the area. Vathana said impoverished local villagers were recruited by brokers to cultivate cannabis, and police are investigating to identify those brokers. +
News:2018-02-15/Enforcement/military-police-burn-65-000-marijuana-plants-across-38-locations-in-chroy-village-kirivong +
Takeo provincial military police conducted a separate crackdown on cannabis plantations in Chroy village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, burning 65,000 plants across 38 locations. This was the largest single eradication operation documented in Kirivong district. +
55 military police officers discovered and destroyed approximately 65,000 marijuana plants on Phnom Bayang mountain in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune after a villager tip-off. Deputy provincial military police commander Colonel Nget Chanthy said the plantation was on state land on top of the mountain, several kilometres from the nearest village. No arrests were made. National 2017 anti-drug campaign stats: 17,747 arrests, 275,815 marijuana plants burned, 113 kg marijuana confiscated. +
News:2018-02-27/Enforcement/13-374-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-75-locations-in-kirivong-takeo +
District police chief Yuk Sarath led 77 officers to destroy 13,374 marijuana plants across 75 locations with 49 irrigation wells over 4,731 square metres. No arrests were made. Sarath stated that 107,641 plants had been destroyed so far in 2018 with no arrests, and that 300,000 plants were burned in 2017. +
Deputy district police chief Yang Dara said officers followed provincial police orders and destroyed 1,139 plants at 7 locations along the mountainside in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune. Owners unknown; investigation continuing. Provincial police report total for 2018: nearly 56,000 plants destroyed with one arrest (Keo Phu, 18, for transporting 10 kg). Separately, provincial military police burned about 65,000 plants in February. +
News:2018-03-15/Enforcement/5-047-marijuana-plants-found-at-ba-yong-mountain-kirivong-national-police-warns-of-intensified-crackdown +
Police found 5,047 cannabis plants across 8 locations at the base of Ba Yong (Bayang) Mountain in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune covering 240 square metres. Deputy National Police commissioner Mok Chito warned that private land used for cultivation would be confiscated and ordered intensified investigations. Kirivong deputy police chief Yang Dara described a cat-and-mouse pattern where cultivators replant elsewhere after each crackdown, and noted all plantations were on state land. From January 1 to March 11, provincial police destroyed nearly 56,000 plants. On January 15, Keo Phu (18) was arrested transporting 10 kg of dried marijuana and sent to Takeo Provincial Court. +
News:2018-07-05/Report/sri-lankas-cannabis-problem-roots-in-india-mantraya-institute-for-strategic-studies +
A strategic analysis by Bibhu Prasad Routray for the Mantraya Institute documented the complete India-to-Sri Lanka cannabis supply chain. The study confirmed cannabis originates in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka — not Kerala — passing through Tamil Nadu and Kerala via the Palk Strait. Kerala's profile had shifted from transit state to processing hub, with hashish production units in Idukki district converting AOB-sourced cannabis. The analysis cited ADPRI satellite imagery estimating 10,000 sq km of cannabis cultivation in Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts). Sri Lankan street pricing showed Kerala Ganja at Rs. 12,000–15,000 per tola (10g) in Colombo versus Rs. 4,000 for local cannabis — a 3x premium. India's NCB reported Indo-Sri Lankan sector seizures rising from 38 kg in 1998 (6% of total Indian seizures) to 350 kg in 2002 (37%). A 2013 Yala National Park plantation was described as "remarkably well-equipped" with solar cells, solar-powered irrigation, and supplementary lighting. The study noted the trade was penetrating legitimate business, citing involvement of the Jetwing hotel owner in Jaffna and a private luxury bus operator in KG transport southward. Indian customs sources confirmed the eastern Tamil Nadu coast had replaced the western coast as the preferred smuggling route due to population density. +
President Maithripala Sirisena announced Sri Lanka would resume executing drug convicts after a moratorium since 1976, with 19 commuted death sentences to be carried out. A presidential spokesperson explicitly stated the aim to "replicate the success" of Duterte's drug war in the Philippines. The EU, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Canada jointly protested. The article noted Sri Lanka's contradictory cannabis politics: harsh penalties under the 1984 Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance alongside growing Kerala Ganja seizures on the northern coast, while simultaneously Health Minister Senaratne was proposing a 100-acre medicinal export plantation at Ingiriya. The piece highlighted the wave of KG seizures along the island's northern coast and media sensationalism about Maoist guerrilla involvement in the Kerala cannabis trade. +
News:2018-08-03/Enforcement/military-police-destroy-845-marijuana-plants-and-200m-irrigation-tubing-in-purong-village-kirivong +
Takeo Military Police destroyed 845 marijuana plants in Purong village, Kirivong district. Officers also destroyed approximately 200 metres of tubing used as a watering system. The plantation owner escaped before police arrived. Deputy commander Nget Chanthy reported that since February 2018, 94,126 marijuana plants had been destroyed in Kirivong district along with 50 wells. +
News:2018-08-09/Enforcement/5-637-marijuana-plants-destroyed-in-14-plots-on-obek-thland-mountain-cumulative-nears-100-000 +
Twenty-five Takeo Military Police officers destroyed 5,637 marijuana plants across 14 growing plots on O'bek Thland Mountain in Chroy village, Kirivong district, after receiving a tip-off and obtaining approval from prosecutor Chiv Chandara. Most plots averaged around 672 m². Ten wells were destroyed. No arrests were made at the remote plantation. Deputy commander Nget Chanthy confirmed the operation. Local media reported nearly 100,000 marijuana plants destroyed in Kirivong district since February 2018, with 60 wells destroyed. +
Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne announced Sri Lanka's first legal cannabis plantation — a proposed 100-acre farm at Ingiriya, 60 km southeast of Colombo, projected to produce over 25 tonnes annually for export to the US medicinal market. Senaratne cited the same supply problem raised since 2016: traditional Ayurvedic medicine depended on court-seized cannabis that was typically four to five years old and had lost its effectiveness. The surplus would be exported to meet "high demand" for alternative medicine in US states where medical marijuana was legal. +
News:2018-10-17/Enforcement/3-452-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-12-locations-in-kirivong-takeo +
Police destroyed 3,452 cannabis plants across 12 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, after a villager tip-off about farms in Bek Thlang, Dar Krolang, and Thmor Changkran villages. Farm owners fled into the forest. Commune police chief In Savuth said growers had cleared forest to plant cannabis disguised among forest trees — "if we don't take a closer look, we cannot identify them as cannabis." Police continue searching for suspects. +
News:2018-10-17/Enforcement/830-marijuana-plants-destroyed-and-suspect-released-in-ratanak-mondol-battambang +
Police raided three farms in Ratanak Mondol district, destroying 830 cannabis plants. Lien Mom (35) from Tuol Taek commune in Battambang town was detained and identified as the owner by district police chief Phan Long. She was released after questioning upon promising not to plant again. +
Conference abstract presented at the International Conference on Cannabis and Medicinal Research (Osaka, 2018) by Wasantha Sena Weliange of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The paper traced medical cannabis use in Sri Lanka from the reign of King Ravana (~10,000 BC per tradition) through the arrival of Vijaya (509 BC) and King Buddhadasa's medical pharmacopoeia Sarartha Sangrahaya (341 AD), which described medicinal values of cannabis. The abstract catalogued over 20 Sri Lankan medical texts referencing cannabis from the 13th century to 1999, including Yogarnavaya and Prayagorathnavaliya (1232), Vaidyacintamani (1707), Sri Lankan Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia (1937), and Desheeya Guli Kalka Sagaraya (1999). The author noted that Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne initiated promotion of cannabis for indigenous medicine in 2015. +