News:2017-12-18/Enforcement/6-321-marijuana-plants-burned-on-da-thlat-mountain-kirivong-takeo

News record18 December 2017EradicationCambodia eradication campaigns (2017)

6,321 marijuana plants burned on Da Thlat Mountain, Kirivong, Takeo

Anti-drug police discovered 6,321 marijuana plants in a remote mountainous area of Preah Bat Choan Chum commune after a villager tip-off. The plantation was located on Da Thlat Mountain, more than two kilometres from the nearest village, on state land. Police uprooted and burned the plants. No arrests were made; the case remains open. This followed a November operation in which 28,114 plants were destroyed in the same district.

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More from this series

• 27 Nov 2017Police destroy 28,114 marijuana plants across 83 locations in Kirivong, Takeo
• 8 Jul 201714,626 marijuana plants destroyed across 44 locations in Kirivong, Takeo
• 4 Jul 201712,813 marijuana plants destroyed across 43 locations in Kirivong, Takeo
• 3 Jul 201712,813 marijuana plants destroyed in 47 locations; H1 total reaches 134,886 plants in Kirivong
• 3 Apr 201717,266 marijuana plants burned in single village in Kirivong; 100,000 destroyed since January

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Date18 Dec 2017

CategoryEradication

Part ofCambodia eradication campaigns (2017)

CountryCambodia

State / provinceTakeo

District / areaKirivong

Growing regionSouthern Cambodia

AgencyKirivong District Anti-Drug Police

Plants eradicated6,321

Quantities as reported by the source.

Coordinates10.6441, 104.8715

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2017-12-18 Eradication 6,321 marijuana plants burned on Da Thlat Mountain, Kirivong, Takeo Anti-drug police discovered 6,321 marijuana plants in a remote mountainous area of Preah Bat Choan Chum commune after a villager tip-off. The plantation was located on Da Thlat Mountain, more than two kilometres from the nearest village, on state land. Police uprooted and burned the plants. No arrests were made; the case remains open. This followed a November operation in which 28,114 plants were destroyed in the same district. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/96482/takeo-marijuana-plantation-set-alight/ Cambodia eradication campaigns (2017) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Kirivong District Anti-Drug Police 6321