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|date=2018-02-21
|category=Enforcement
|title=65,000 marijuana plants uprooted and burned on Phnom Bayang, Kirivong
|summary=55 military police officers discovered and destroyed approximately 65,000 marijuana plants on Phnom Bayang mountain in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune after a villager tip-off. Deputy provincial military police commander Colonel Nget Chanthy said the plantation was on state land on top of the mountain, several kilometres from the nearest village. No arrests were made. National 2017 anti-drug campaign stats: 17,747 arrests, 275,815 marijuana plants burned, 113 kg marijuana confiscated.
|source=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/109835/marijuana-plants-destroyed-takeo/
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2018)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Takeo
|admin2=Kirivong
|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
|growing_area=Kirivong
|agency=Takeo Provincial Military Police
|plants=65000
}}