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|date=2015-08-09
|category=Enforcement
|title=Marijuana grower released on compassionate grounds after 236 plants destroyed, Thma Koul, Battambang
|summary=Patrolling officers found Ren Sara (36) among 236 marijuana plants next to a small stream in Tameun commune, Thma Koul district. A search of his home in nearby Thmey village uncovered 2 kg of dried marijuana. Sara was released on compassionate grounds after thumb-printing an assurance not to reoffend. Deputy district police chief Heang Buntha said Sara was "from a poor family and he grew the plants to use himself and to help treat someone in his family." Commune police chief Yeun Bunruen confirmed the plants were ripped out and destroyed.
|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-free-marijuana-grower
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2015)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Battambang
|admin2=Thma Koul
|locality=Thmey village
|coordinates=13.15, 103.10
|growing_region=Northwestern Cambodia
|growing_area=Thma Koul
|agency=Thma Koul District Police; Tameun Commune Police
|plants=236
}}
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[[Has event date::2015-08-09]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::Marijuana grower released on compassionate grounds after 236 plants destroyed, Thma Koul, Battambang]]
[[Has event summary::Patrolling officers found Ren Sara (36) among 236 marijuana plants next to a small stream in Tameun commune, Thma Koul district. A search of his home in nearby Thmey village uncovered 2 kg of dried marijuana. Sara was released on compassionate grounds after thumb-printing an assurance not to reoffend. Deputy district police chief Heang Buntha said Sara was "from a poor family and he grew the plants to use himself and to help treat someone in his family." Commune police chief Yeun Bunruen confirmed the plants were ripped out and destroyed.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-free-marijuana-grower]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2015)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Battambang]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Thma Koul]]
[[Has locality::Thmey village]]
[[Has event coordinates::13.15, 103.10]]
[[Has growing region::Northwestern Cambodia]]
[[Has growing area::Thma Koul]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Thma Koul District Police; Tameun Commune Police]]
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