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|date=2019-02-17
|category=Enforcement
|title=1,398 cannabis plants destroyed near radio tower in Chroy Village, Kirivong
|summary=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
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Takeo
|admin2=Kirivong
|locality=Chroy Village
|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
|growing_area=Kirivong
|agency=Takeo Provincial Police; Kirivong District Police
|hectares=0.0979
|plants=1398
}}