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|date=2015-05-05
|category=Enforcement
|title=7,637 marijuana plants burned in massive sesame-intercropped plantation, Phnom Kravanh, Pursat
|summary=Police burned 7,637 marijuana plants hidden among sesame plants across 6 square kilometres of rented land in Phnom Kravanh district, Pursat province. The farmer, 65-year-old Oung Eng, had brought the plants from Koh Thom district in Kandal province and told the landowner he would grow cassava and chillies. The landowner became suspicious and reported the activity to police. Eng fled before police arrived. District police chief Vong Saret ordered the plants burned immediately "to send a message." The article references a September 2014 Kampot bust of 500 plants valued at $30,000, and a January 2015 case where a 72-year-old farmer in Banteay Meanchey was caught with 4 kg of dried marijuana but freed due to his age.
|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-marijuana-plants-seized-burned-pursat-police
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2015)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Pursat
|admin2=Phnom Kravanh
|coordinates=12.30, 103.70
|growing_region=Cardamom Mountains
|growing_area=Phnom Kravanh
|agency=Phnom Kravanh District Police
|hectares=600
|plants=7637
}}
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[[Has event date::2015-05-05]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::7,637 marijuana plants burned in massive sesame-intercropped plantation, Phnom Kravanh, Pursat]]
[[Has event summary::Police burned 7,637 marijuana plants hidden among sesame plants across 6 square kilometres of rented land in Phnom Kravanh district, Pursat province. The farmer, 65-year-old Oung Eng, had brought the plants from Koh Thom district in Kandal province and told the landowner he would grow cassava and chillies. The landowner became suspicious and reported the activity to police. Eng fled before police arrived. District police chief Vong Saret ordered the plants burned immediately "to send a message." The article references a September 2014 Kampot bust of 500 plants valued at $30,000, and a January 2015 case where a 72-year-old farmer in Banteay Meanchey was caught with 4 kg of dried marijuana but freed due to his age.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-marijuana-plants-seized-burned-pursat-police]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2015)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Pursat]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Phnom Kravanh]]
[[Has event coordinates::12.30, 103.70]]
[[Has growing region::Cardamom Mountains]]
[[Has growing area::Phnom Kravanh]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Phnom Kravanh District Police]]
[[Has hectares eradicated::600]]
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