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|date=2019-08-15
|category=Enforcement
|title=730 marijuana plants destroyed on cassava farm in Samlout, Battambang
|summary=District police chief Colonel Kor Sunkaing led a raid discovering 730 marijuana plants intercropped among cassava on a farm in Samlout district. Owner Yeun Roeun (32) was arrested, educated, made to sign a contract not to re-offend, and released. Sunkaing said: "The owner planted them along with cassava because he thought we would not be able to recognise them." Roeun claimed he was "cheated by someone" into planting but refused to identify the person. The article also references a Preah Vihear case where a man grew cannabis to cure sick chickens and ducks.
|source=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/633741/hundreds-of-marijuana-plants-burned-in-battambang/
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Battambang
|admin2=Samlout
|coordinates=12.621891, 102.856953
|growing_region=Northwestern Cambodia
|growing_area=Samlout
|agency=Samlout District Police
|plants=730
}}
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[[Has event date::2019-08-15]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::730 marijuana plants destroyed on cassava farm in Samlout, Battambang]]
[[Has event summary::District police chief Colonel Kor Sunkaing led a raid discovering 730 marijuana plants intercropped among cassava on a farm in Samlout district. Owner Yeun Roeun (32) was arrested, educated, made to sign a contract not to re-offend, and released. Sunkaing said: "The owner planted them along with cassava because he thought we would not be able to recognise them." Roeun claimed he was "cheated by someone" into planting but refused to identify the person. The article also references a Preah Vihear case where a man grew cannabis to cure sick chickens and ducks.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.khmertimeskh.com/633741/hundreds-of-marijuana-plants-burned-in-battambang/]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2019)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Battambang]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Samlout]]
[[Has event coordinates::12.621891, 102.856953]]
[[Has growing region::Northwestern Cambodia]]
[[Has growing area::Samlout]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Samlout District Police]]
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