News:2018-01-25/Enforcement/21-371-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-56-locations-in-kirivong-takeo

News record25 January 2018EradicationCambodia eradication campaigns (2018)

21,371 marijuana plants destroyed across 56 locations in Kirivong, Takeo

Takeo provincial police burned 21,371 marijuana plants found across 56 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune following an investigation and villager reports. Lieutenant Colonel Mak Serey Vathana said plants were grown on small plots along the mountain to evade detection, and that water storage wells were also destroyed. He noted monthly police checks of the area. Vathana said impoverished local villagers were recruited by brokers to cultivate cannabis, and police are investigating to identify those brokers.

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Date25 Jan 2018

CategoryEradication

Part ofCambodia eradication campaigns (2018)

CountryCambodia

State / provinceTakeo

District / areaKirivong

Growing regionSouthern Cambodia

AgencyTakeo Provincial Police

Plants eradicated21,371

Quantities as reported by the source.

Coordinates10.6441, 104.8715

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2018-01-25 Eradication 21,371 marijuana plants destroyed across 56 locations in Kirivong, Takeo Takeo provincial police burned 21,371 marijuana plants found across 56 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune following an investigation and villager reports. Lieutenant Colonel Mak Serey Vathana said plants were grown on small plots along the mountain to evade detection, and that water storage wells were also destroyed. He noted monthly police checks of the area. Vathana said impoverished local villagers were recruited by brokers to cultivate cannabis, and police are investigating to identify those brokers. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/104590/takeo-weed-plantation-destroyed/ Cambodia eradication campaigns (2018) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Takeo Provincial Police 21371