News:2019-02-17/Enforcement/1-398-cannabis-plants-destroyed-near-radio-tower-in-chroy-village-kirivong

17 February 2019

Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)

Enforcement

Cambodia·Takeo·Kirivong·Chroy Village· (Southern Cambodia)

1,398 cannabis plants destroyed near radio tower in Chroy Village, Kirivong

Provincial and district police raided six fields totalling at least 979 square metres in Chroy Village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, destroying 1,398 marijuana plants and one water storage. Deputy district police chief Hiem Srim said suspects "would not stop planting cannabis around the radio tower in Chroy village, even after the crackdown." Growers escaped; commune police chief In Savuth did not participate. A 2018 national report showed 164,925 marijuana plants confiscated and 74.51 kg of dried marijuana seized nationwide.

Source: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-hunt-suspects-connection-1000-takeo-cannabis-plants

2019-02-17 Enforcement 1,398 cannabis plants destroyed near radio tower in Chroy Village, Kirivong Provincial and district police raided six fields totalling at least 979 square metres in Chroy Village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, destroying 1,398 marijuana plants and one water storage. Deputy district police chief Hiem Srim said suspects "would not stop planting cannabis around the radio tower in Chroy village, even after the crackdown." Growers escaped; commune police chief In Savuth did not participate. A 2018 national report showed 164,925 marijuana plants confiscated and 74.51 kg of dried marijuana seized nationwide. https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-hunt-suspects-connection-1000-takeo-cannabis-plants Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong Chroy Village 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Takeo Provincial Police; Kirivong District Police 0.0979