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NewsEradication26 December 2019

Parsa police destroy about 20,000 cannabis plants at Aathghare, Thori

The Kathmandu Post reported that police destroyed around 20,000 cannabis plants at Aathghare in Thori Rural Municipality, Parsa district, after destroying about 1,000 plants in Paterwasugauli and 2,500 in Thori earlier that week. It quotes DSP Birendra Bahadur Shahi as saying that no one had been arrested because owners could not be found. The article says that about a decade earlier a crackdown under the then superintendent of police had brought cannabis and opium farming in the area to an end.

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PlaceThoriParsaMadhesh ProvinceNepal

AgencyDistrict Police Office, Parsa

Plants eradicated20,000

Approximate location27.23, 84.71

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2019-12-26 Eradication Parsa police destroy about 20,000 cannabis plants at Aathghare, Thori The Kathmandu Post reported that police destroyed around 20,000 cannabis plants at Aathghare in Thori Rural Municipality, Parsa district, after destroying about 1,000 plants in Paterwasugauli and 2,500 in Thori earlier that week. It quotes DSP Birendra Bahadur Shahi as saying that no one had been arrested because owners could not be found. The article says that about a decade earlier a crackdown under the then superintendent of police had brought cannabis and opium farming in the area to an end. https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-2/2019/12/28/police-destroy-20-000-marijuana-plants-in-parsa Nepal Madhesh Province Parsa Thori 27° 13' 48.00" N, 84° 42' 36.00" E administrative seat District Police Office, Parsa 20000