News:2025-02-14/Enforcement/over-200-000-ganja-plants-destroyed-in-widespread-stf-operations

14 February 2025

Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2025)

Enforcement

Sri Lanka·Uva Province·Monaragala District·Yala Reserve Zone 04, Pahala Mattala· (Uva)

Over 200,000 ganja plants destroyed in widespread STF operations

Coordinated STF raids across southern Sri Lanka destroyed a total of 367,276 cannabis plants across approximately 6.25 acres. STF Buttala Camp raided Zone 04 of the Yala Reserve, destroying 203,500 plants across four plantations on three acres, plus 153,850 plants across two further plantations on two acres. Four suspects from Thanamalwila, Panamura, and Ridibendiella were arrested. STF Lahugala Camp raided a separate one-acre plantation in Yala Zone 04, destroying 9,500 seven-foot plants and seizing 85 kg of dried cannabis, with five suspects arrested from Balangoda, Middeniya, and Embilipitiya. Mattala Police separately raided a quarter-acre cultivation in Pahala Mattala, destroying 426 plants and seizing a foreign-made 12-bore firearm from a 58-year-old suspect.

Source: https://www.newswire.lk/2025/02/14/over-200000-ganja-plants-destroyed-in-widespread-stf-operations/

2025-02-14 Enforcement Over 200,000 ganja plants destroyed in widespread STF operations Coordinated STF raids across southern Sri Lanka destroyed a total of 367,276 cannabis plants across approximately 6.25 acres. STF Buttala Camp raided Zone 04 of the Yala Reserve, destroying 203,500 plants across four plantations on three acres, plus 153,850 plants across two further plantations on two acres. Four suspects from Thanamalwila, Panamura, and Ridibendiella were arrested. STF Lahugala Camp raided a separate one-acre plantation in Yala Zone 04, destroying 9,500 seven-foot plants and seizing 85 kg of dried cannabis, with five suspects arrested from Balangoda, Middeniya, and Embilipitiya. Mattala Police separately raided a quarter-acre cultivation in Pahala Mattala, destroying 426 plants and seizing a foreign-made 12-bore firearm from a 58-year-old suspect. https://www.newswire.lk/2025/02/14/over-200000-ganja-plants-destroyed-in-widespread-stf-operations/ Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2025) Sri Lanka Uva Province Monaragala District Yala Reserve Zone 04, Pahala Mattala 6° 24' 0.00" N, 81° 24' 0.00" E Uva Yala-Lunugamvehera Special Task Force, Mattala Police 2.53 367276