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|date=2017-02-10
|category=Enforcement
|title=22,418 marijuana plants burned in Kirivong, Takeo as part of national anti-drug campaign
|summary=Police raided four locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, along the Vietnamese border, destroying 22,418 marijuana plants. Growers fled before police arrived. Kirivong district police chief Lieutenant Colonel Yuk Sarath confirmed the plants were cut and burned on site. The operation was part of a six-month national anti-drug campaign launched January 1, 2017. In January alone, 2,428 people were arrested in nearly 1,000 drug cases nationally. Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed to intensify the fight for a "drug-free Cambodia."
|source=https://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-02/10/c_136047538.htm
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2017)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Takeo
|admin2=Kirivong
|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
|growing_area=Kirivong
|agency=Kirivong District Police
|plants=22418
}}
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[[Has event date::2017-02-10]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::22,418 marijuana plants burned in Kirivong, Takeo as part of national anti-drug campaign]]
[[Has event summary::Police raided four locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, along the Vietnamese border, destroying 22,418 marijuana plants. Growers fled before police arrived. Kirivong district police chief Lieutenant Colonel Yuk Sarath confirmed the plants were cut and burned on site. The operation was part of a six-month national anti-drug campaign launched January 1, 2017. In January alone, 2,428 people were arrested in nearly 1,000 drug cases nationally. Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed to intensify the fight for a "drug-free Cambodia."]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-02/10/c_136047538.htm]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2017)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Takeo]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Kirivong]]
[[Has event coordinates::10.6441, 104.8715]]
[[Has growing region::Southern Cambodia]]
[[Has growing area::Kirivong]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Kirivong District Police]]
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