News:2018-10-01/Eradication/si-sawat-officials-soldiers-and-police-cut-down-140-cannabis-plants-on-a-hilltop-at-ban-tha-sanun

NewsEradication1 October 2018

Si Sawat officials, soldiers and police cut down 140 cannabis plants on a hilltop at Ban Tha Sanun

Thai Post reported that Narin Songniphitkul, chief of Si Sawat District, led a team to Khao Bo Lukrang, a hill at Ban Tha Sanun, Moo 4, Dan Mae Chalaep subdistrict, after reports that cannabis was being grown there. The team of district officials, Volunteer Defence Corps members, soldiers, Dan Mae Chalaep police and local headmen climbed to the summit on foot. They found a plastic-roofed hut holding a pipe, cannabis seed and some dried cannabis. Behind the hut were 140 cannabis plants 2–3 m tall growing among the trees. Nobody was present; the plants were cut down, carried out of the forest and handed to Dan Mae Chalaep police.

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PlaceSi Sawat DistrictKanchanaburi ProvinceThailand

Growing regionWestern Thailand

Growing areaSi Sawat

AgencySi Sawat District Office; Volunteer Defence Corps; Royal Thai Army; Dan Mae Chalaep Police Station

Plants eradicated140

Approximate location14.53, 99.17

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2018-10-01 Eradication Si Sawat officials, soldiers and police cut down 140 cannabis plants on a hilltop at Ban Tha Sanun Thai Post reported that Narin Songniphitkul, chief of Si Sawat District, led a team to Khao Bo Lukrang, a hill at Ban Tha Sanun, Moo 4, Dan Mae Chalaep subdistrict, after reports that cannabis was being grown there. The team of district officials, Volunteer Defence Corps members, soldiers, Dan Mae Chalaep police and local headmen climbed to the summit on foot. They found a plastic-roofed hut holding a pipe, cannabis seed and some dried cannabis. Behind the hut were 140 cannabis plants 2–3 m tall growing among the trees. Nobody was present; the plants were cut down, carried out of the forest and handed to Dan Mae Chalaep police. https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/18810 Thailand Kanchanaburi Province Si Sawat District 14° 31' 48.00" N, 99° 10' 12.00" E event site Western Thailand Si Sawat Si Sawat District Office; Volunteer Defence Corps; Royal Thai Army; Dan Mae Chalaep Police Station 140