News:2020-08-05/Enforcement/15-000-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-2-hectares-in-kirivong-takeo

5 August 2020

Cambodia eradication campaigns (2020)

Enforcement

Cambodia·Takeo·Kirivong·· (Southern Cambodia)

15,000 marijuana plants destroyed across 2 hectares in Kirivong, Takeo

Provincial anti-drug police and Kirivong district police raided 8 cannabis farms in the foothills near Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, close to the Vietnamese border, destroying approximately 15,000 plants across 2 hectares. A villager hunting on the mountain discovered the plantations and alerted police on Friday; the raid was conducted Saturday morning. Farm owners fled before police arrived. Deputy district police chief Lieutenant Colonel Yeng Bunsoeun confirmed the crop was grown for cross-border sale to Vietnam, and noted that despite education campaigns, villagers continue cultivating because the business is lucrative and they lack alternative livelihoods.

Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751790/two-hectares-of-marijuana-found-and-destroyed-in-takeo/

2020-08-05 Enforcement 15,000 marijuana plants destroyed across 2 hectares in Kirivong, Takeo Provincial anti-drug police and Kirivong district police raided 8 cannabis farms in the foothills near Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, close to the Vietnamese border, destroying approximately 15,000 plants across 2 hectares. A villager hunting on the mountain discovered the plantations and alerted police on Friday; the raid was conducted Saturday morning. Farm owners fled before police arrived. Deputy district police chief Lieutenant Colonel Yeng Bunsoeun confirmed the crop was grown for cross-border sale to Vietnam, and noted that despite education campaigns, villagers continue cultivating because the business is lucrative and they lack alternative livelihoods. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751790/two-hectares-of-marijuana-found-and-destroyed-in-takeo/ Cambodia eradication campaigns (2020) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Takeo Provincial Anti-Drug Police, Kirivong District Police 2