News:2018-10-17/Enforcement/3-452-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-12-locations-in-kirivong-takeo

News record17 October 2018EradicationCambodia eradication campaigns (2018)

3,452 marijuana plants destroyed across 12 locations in Kirivong, Takeo

Police destroyed 3,452 cannabis plants across 12 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, after a villager tip-off about farms in Bek Thlang, Dar Krolang, and Thmor Changkran villages. Farm owners fled into the forest. Commune police chief In Savuth said growers had cleared forest to plant cannabis disguised among forest trees — "if we don't take a closer look, we cannot identify them as cannabis." Police continue searching for suspects.

Read the source report

More from this series

• 17 Oct 2018830 marijuana plants destroyed and suspect released in Ratanak Mondol, Battambang
• 9 Aug 20185,637 marijuana plants destroyed in 14 plots on O'bek Thland Mountain; cumulative nears 100,000
• 3 Aug 2018Military police destroy 845 marijuana plants and 200m irrigation tubing in Purong village, Kirivong
• 15 Mar 20185,047 marijuana plants found at Ba Yong Mountain, Kirivong; National Police warns of intensified crackdown
• 12 Mar 20181,139 marijuana plants destroyed across 7 locations in Kirivong, Takeo

maintained by landrace.wiki editors · page history

Date17 Oct 2018

CategoryEradication

Part ofCambodia eradication campaigns (2018)

CountryCambodia

State / provinceTakeo

District / areaKirivong

LocalityBek Thlang; Dar Krolang; Thmor Changkran

Growing regionSouthern Cambodia

AgencyKirivong District Police

Plants eradicated3,452

Quantities as reported by the source.

Coordinates10.6441, 104.8715

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2018-10-17 Eradication 3,452 marijuana plants destroyed across 12 locations in Kirivong, Takeo Police destroyed 3,452 cannabis plants across 12 locations in Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, after a villager tip-off about farms in Bek Thlang, Dar Krolang, and Thmor Changkran villages. Farm owners fled into the forest. Commune police chief In Savuth said growers had cleared forest to plant cannabis disguised among forest trees — "if we don't take a closer look, we cannot identify them as cannabis." Police continue searching for suspects. https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marijuana-destroyed-battambang-takeo Cambodia eradication campaigns (2018) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong Bek Thlang Dar Krolang Thmor Changkran 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Kirivong District Police 3452