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Provincial anti-drug police and Kirivong district police raided 8 cannabis farms in the foothills near Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, close to the Vietnamese border, destroying approximately 15,000 plants across 2 hectares. A villager hunting on the mountain discovered the plantations and alerted police on Friday; the raid was conducted Saturday morning. Farm owners fled before police arrived. Deputy district police chief Lieutenant Colonel Yeng Bunsoeun confirmed the crop was grown for cross-border sale to Vietnam, and noted that despite education campaigns, villagers continue cultivating because the business is lucrative and they lack alternative livelihoods. +
In an opinion piece for The Island, Dr. Dineth Bandara argued against proposals to allow multinational cannabis corporations to cultivate in Sri Lanka, warning that cannabis oil prices had collapsed by over 75% since 2019 and the world's largest cannabis companies had reported billion-dollar losses. He contended that foreign companies were strategically expanding into new markets to recover losses, working through embassy trade sections, and that promises of billions in revenue were illusory. He warned that "protected" plantations would be impossible to secure, that Ayurvedic professionals were being unwittingly co-opted by the industry, and that the ultimate objective was to open the domestic consumer market through incremental regulatory relaxation — comparing the strategy to the British opium trade in China. +
News:2020-11-12/Enforcement/cannabis-raids-across-kadavu-localities-1-700-plant-seizure-at-nadaro-tailevu +
Police raids in Kadavu uprooted close to 5,000 cannabis plants in mid-November 2020 across the Kadavu localities of Levuka, Yale, Naioti and Nacomoto village. ACP Abdul Khan, Chief Operations Officer, said officers from various Units and Divisions would be deployed on a rotational basis to assist Kadavu Police throughout the operational period. In a separate joint raid by the Eastern Division Task Force at Nadaro village in Vugalei, Tailevu, more than 1,700 cannabis plants were seized. +
News:2020-12-18/Enforcement/tripura-police-and-bsf-destroy-2-lakh-ganja-plants-amid-cultivator-resistance-at-ghatigira-sonamura +
On Friday 18 December 2020, a joint Tripura Police and Border Security Force operation destroyed over 200,000 cannabis plants in raids at Matinagar, Kalamchoura, Ghatigira, Boxanagar and other villages of Sonamura sub-division, Sepahijala district. Officials estimated the destroyed material at approximately ₹1 crore. The operation was led by Sonamura Sub-Divisional Police Officer Banik Biplab Das. At Ghatigira village near the India-Bangladesh international border, the security team came under attack by a mob of cannabis cultivators who attempted to forcibly cordon them off. Police responded with lathi-charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob. The cannabis plantations were burned at the site after destruction. Reported by Outlook India syndicated from Press Trust of India on 19 December 2020; also covered by Indian Express. +
Sri Lanka's National Dangerous Drugs Control Board published an official position paper on cannabis, arguing against legalization. The document asserted that the December 2020 UN vote removing cannabis from Schedule IV did not authorize countries to relax domestic cannabis laws, and that media reports suggesting otherwise were "misinterpretation." The NDDCB cited 301,989 estimated drug addicts in Sri Lanka (297,162 men, 4,736 women) with cannabis as the dominant substance. The paper acknowledged that national and international organizations were "attempting to create a social discourse to legalize Cannabis" with transnational corporations "providing financial aids," and warned that Southeast Asian countries including Thailand which legalized medicinal cannabis were facing "adverse consequences." The NDDCB distinguished between THC-dominant marijuana (15–20% THC) and CBD-dominant hemp (under 2% THC), acknowledging hemp's therapeutic value and minimal diversion risk, while maintaining opposition to any relaxation of existing law. +
Police uprooted more than 300 cannabis plants from a farm at Kadavu village on Kadavu Island. Plants ranged from 57 cm to over 3 m. The farm owner had not been identified at the time of reporting. Chief Operations Officer Acting Commissioner of Police Abdul Khan said the raid followed information received from members of the public, and assured informants of confidentiality. +
The Drug Operations Team uprooted more than 190 cannabis plants from a farm in Vacalea village, Kadavu, following information received. Plants ranged from approximately 20 cm to 2.9 m in height. The farm owner had not been identified at the time of reporting. Three youths from the village were warned by police after threatening families who had assisted with the operation. A drug-awareness session was conducted for villagers at the request of the village headman. +
District police, military police, and local police raided five marijuana farms in the foothills along the Vietnamese border in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, destroying more than 20,000 plants by fire and confiscating materials. The raid followed police surveillance and mountain valley patrols. Farm owners fled on seeing police. Deputy district police chief Major Keo Kimheng said a manhunt was launched. +
News:2021-01-30/Enforcement/6-189-marijuana-plants-destroyed-on-mountain-farms-in-veal-veng-pursat +
District police and military police raided two marijuana farms in valleys and streams of a mountain in Rokat commune's Veal Vong village, Veal Veng district, destroying 6,189 plants and two cottages. District police chief Colonel Tan Kearith said they were tipped off by a villager searching for fruit and beehives. Farm owners fled on sight. Kearith noted that despite awareness campaigns, growers persist because unscrupulous traders buy at high prices. +
The Narcotics Control Bureau confirmed that cannabis cultivated on the Andhra-Odisha border (AOB) is being distributed pan-India and smuggled to Sri Lanka. NCB officials stated that cannabis cultivation in India is "largely concentrated around the Maoist-affected Andhra-Odisha border," where inaccessible hilly forest terrain and Maoist insurgent presence make law enforcement interdiction difficult. Cannabis is sourced from AOB agency areas at Rs. 5,000–10,000/kg and sold to urban distributors at ten times the price. Distribution networks reach New Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and Sri Lanka. The statement followed the arrest of four peddlers at Ghatkesar (Hyderabad) with 212 kg sourced from Andhra agency areas and Warangal, including a kingpin wanted in a prior 955 kg seizure. +
News:2021-02-06/Enforcement/two-arrested-for-cultivating-cannabis-inside-yala-national-park-150-000-plants-destroyed +
Police arrested two suspects for cultivating cannabis inside Yala National Park during a joint operation by officers from Gonaganara, Athimale, Dambagalla, and Siyambalanaduwa police stations. Approximately 150,000 cannabis plants were destroyed. The operation was part of a broader anti-narcotics push, with at least 20 operations conducted nationwide on the same day. +
News:2021-03-22/Policy/tripura-cm-biplab-deb-tells-assembly-state-will-take-experts-opinion-on-legalising-ganja-cultivation +
On Monday 22 March 2021, then Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb told the Tripura Legislative Assembly the state government would seek experts' opinion on the possibility of legalising cannabis cultivation in Tripura, in response to a proposal by BJP MLA Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl that ganja cultivation be given legal recognition to boost the rural economy. Hrangkhawl asked in the assembly that if country-made liquor could be recognised, ganja could similarly be legalised. CM Deb said in response, "It is true that ganja cultivation brings good income," and undertook to consult experts on the proposal. The exchange contradicted the state government's then-active 'Nesha Mukt Tripura' (Drug-Free Tripura) sloganeering, under which Tripura Police was conducting cannabis-cultivation crackdowns in the state. The exchange marked the earliest documented institutional acknowledgment in Tripura that cannabis cultivation generates significant rural income. +
News:2021-03-24/Enforcement/acting-commissioner-tudravu-reports-82-700-cannabis-plants-uprooted-from-kadavu-since-january-2020 +
Speaking at the opening of the Kadavu Provincial Council meeting in Tavuki village, Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu reported that 82,700 cannabis plants worth an estimated FJ$100 million had been uprooted from Kadavu province between January 2020 and March 2021. Twelve police teams had been deployed during the period in response to the volume of cultivation identified. Tudravu called on chiefs, district representatives and provincial council members to assist enforcement efforts. +
News:2021-04-04/Enforcement/nearly-7-000-marijuana-plants-destroyed-on-bunong-indigenous-land-in-mondulkirinearly-7-000-marijuana-plants-d +
Mondulkiri provincial police found and destroyed nearly 7,000 marijuana plants at two locations in O'Raing district's Sen Monorom commune after a villager tip-off. The first plot measured 15m × 120m (1,800 m²) and the second 10m × 15m (150 m²). Police seized two pumps and three hoes. Four Bunong indigenous landowners were brought in for questioning; they claimed a man from Takeo province had deceived them into growing the plants among their vegetables, telling them the crop was profitable. Villagers had reported the plants to police saying "they saw plants they had never seen before." Police are searching for the ringleader from Takeo. +
News:2021-05-21/Enforcement/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). +
News:2021-05-25/Enforcement/thousands-of-marijuana-seedlings-destroyed-on-toteung-mountain-kirivong-takeo +
Takeo provincial police chief Major General Sok Samnang and Kirivong police chief Yuk Sarath led a team to Toteung mountain in Kirivong district, finding illegal cannabis seedlings across 8 locations covering approximately 2,000 square metres. Six water tanks used for irrigation were also found. The cultivators escaped before police arrived. A spokesman noted ongoing enforcement since 2019, with cultivators moving to new locations each time. Local residents fear retaliation for reporting illegal cultivation. +
News:2021-06-12/Enforcement/marijuana-plantation-found-at-mount-ondong-thmar-bak-prey-ampok-commune-kirivong +
Kirivong district police and Prey Ampok commune police located an illegal marijuana plantation of approximately 84 square metres with an irrigation pond at the foot of Mount Ondong Thmar Bak in Trapang Pring village, Prey Ampok commune. Police are investigating and searching for the plantation owner. +
News:2021-07-04/Enforcement/12-500-marijuana-plants-and-36-kg-dried-marijuana-seized-in-mango-plantation-anlong-veng +
Oddar Meanchey provincial anti-drug police arrested three suspects for cultivating 12,500 marijuana plants and possessing 36 kg of dried marijuana in Anlong Veng district's Anlong Veng commune. The cannabis was concealed within a mango plantation. Police confiscated a car, a bulldozer, one tractor, and other equipment, indicating a well-resourced commercial operation. Deputy provincial police chief Thong Sami requested extended detention for investigation. +
Kirivong District Police Inspector Lt. Col. Yuk Sarath led 12 administrative police officers up a mountain to burn illegally planted cannabis across 13 locations, destroying 9 water reservoirs. The operation was conducted under orders from Takeo Provincial Police Commissioner Gen. Sok Samnang. No plant count was reported. Owners of the plantations escaped; specialist forces are searching for them. +
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. +