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			[[Has event date::2019-01-16]]
			[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
			[[Has event headline::2,115 marijuana plants destroyed near abandoned military base in Chroy village, Kirivong]]
			[[Has event summary::Kirivong district police chief Sim Meng led officers and commune police to raid six marijuana farms near an abandoned military base in Chroy village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune. Police destroyed 2,115 plants and are searching for the owners. Meng confirmed that "Preah Bat Choan Chum commune is known to be a hotbed of marijuana growing compared to other communes in Kiri Vong district."]]
			[[Has source URL::https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-2000-marijuana-plants-destroyed]]
			[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)]]
			[[Has country::Cambodia]]
			[[Has admin subdivision 1::Takeo]]
			[[Has admin subdivision 2::Kirivong]]
			[[Has locality::Chroy Village]]
			[[Has event coordinates::10.6441, 104.8715]]
			[[Has growing region::Southern Cambodia]]
			[[Has growing area::Kirivong]]
			[[Has enforcement agency::Kirivong District Police; Commune Police]]
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	\|date=~~1995~~-03-24		\|date=2019-01-16
	\|category=~~Policy~~		\|category=Enforcement
	\|title=~~Police tell Phnom Penh market vendors "don't sell too much"~~ marijuana~~; 1 tonne seized from city markets~~		\|title=2,115 marijuana plants destroyed near abandoned military base in Chroy village, Kirivong
	\|summary=~~Marijuana was openly sold at many Phnom Penh markets for approximately 10,000 riel ($4) per kilogram. A vendor at Toul Tom Poung (Russian) Market reported~~ police warned her to stock only "a few kilograms" for Khmer food-flavoring customers but not sell large quantities. She described Westerners as her best customers — "sometimes they smoke it right away here after they buy it" — while Khmer buyers purchased for culinary use: "Even cooks in restaurants come to buy it to add to ~~their noodle soup." Most~~ marijuana ~~sold~~ in ~~Phnom Penh was domestically grown "in regions alongside the Mekong River~~." Police ~~anti-drug department chief Heng Poev confirmed seizing approximately one tonne from city markets in the preceding two months~~, ~~with no vendor arrests. Poev cited UNTAC law providing 5–15 years for smuggling~~ and ~~1 month to 1 year~~ for ~~users, but acknowledged~~ the ~~law was~~ "~~unclear on whether possession or growing~~ of marijuana ~~are also offenses~~."		\|summary=Kirivong district police chief Sim Meng led officers and commune police to raid six marijuana farms near an abandoned military base in Chroy village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune. Police destroyed 2,115 plants and are searching for the owners. Meng confirmed that "Preah Bat Choan Chum commune is known to be a hotbed of marijuana growing compared to other communes in Kiri Vong district."
	\|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/~~dont~~-~~sell~~-~~too~~-~~much~~-~~ganja-police-tell-traders~~		\|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-2000-marijuana-plants-destroyed
			\|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)
	\|country=Cambodia		\|country=Cambodia
	\|admin1=~~Phnom Penh~~		\|admin1=Takeo
			\|admin2=Kirivong
			\|locality=Chroy Village
			\|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
			\|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
			\|growing_area=Kirivong
			\|agency=Kirivong District Police; Commune Police
			\|plants=2115
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{{NewsItem
|date=1995-03-24
|category=Policy
|title=Police tell Phnom Penh market vendors "don't sell too much" marijuana; 1 tonne seized from city markets
|summary=Marijuana was openly sold at many Phnom Penh markets for approximately 10,000 riel ($4) per kilogram. A vendor at Toul Tom Poung (Russian) Market reported police warned her to stock only "a few kilograms" for Khmer food-flavoring customers but not sell large quantities. She described Westerners as her best customers — "sometimes they smoke it right away here after they buy it" — while Khmer buyers purchased for culinary use: "Even cooks in restaurants come to buy it to add to their noodle soup." Most marijuana sold in Phnom Penh was domestically grown "in regions alongside the Mekong River." Police anti-drug department chief Heng Poev confirmed seizing approximately one tonne from city markets in the preceding two months, with no vendor arrests. Poev cited UNTAC law providing 5–15 years for smuggling and 1 month to 1 year for users, but acknowledged the law was "unclear on whether possession or growing of marijuana are also offenses."
|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dont-sell-too-much-ganja-police-tell-traders
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Phnom Penh
}}