News:2015-02-08/Enforcement/3-caught-with-590-kg-ganja-50-000-ganja-plants-inside-forest-reserve

News record8 February 2015EradicationSri Lanka eradication campaigns (2015)

3 caught with 590 kg ganja, 50,000 ganja plants inside forest reserve

An STF team from the Deberawewa Division raided cannabis plantations deep inside the Lunugamwehera Forest Reserve, arresting three suspects from Angunukolapalessa. Officers seized 590 kg of processed cannabis and 50,000 growing plants. The suspects and finished product were to be produced before Tissamaharama Magistrate; the plants were burned on-site.

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Date8 Feb 2015

CategoryEradication

Part ofSri Lanka eradication campaigns (2015)

CountrySri Lanka

State / provinceSouthern Province

District / areaHambantota District

LocalityLunugamwehera Forest Reserve

Growing regionSouthern Province

AgencySpecial Task Force

Plants eradicated50,000

Quantities as reported by the source.

Coordinates6.35, 81.25

Coordinates are approximate.

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2015-02-08 Eradication 3 caught with 590 kg ganja, 50,000 ganja plants inside forest reserve An STF team from the Deberawewa Division raided cannabis plantations deep inside the Lunugamwehera Forest Reserve, arresting three suspects from Angunukolapalessa. Officers seized 590 kg of processed cannabis and 50,000 growing plants. The suspects and finished product were to be produced before Tissamaharama Magistrate; the plants were burned on-site. https://www.sundaytimes.lk/150208/news/3-caught-with-590kg-ganja-50000-ganja-plants-inside-forest-reserve-134946.html Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2015) Sri Lanka Southern Province Hambantota District Lunugamwehera Forest Reserve 6° 21' 0.00" N, 81° 15' 0.00" E Southern Province Yala-Lunugamvehera Special Task Force 50000