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|date=2020-08-05
|category=Enforcement
|title=15,000 marijuana plants destroyed across 2 hectares in Kirivong, Takeo
|summary=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/
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2020)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Takeo
|admin2=Kirivong
|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
|growing_area=Kirivong
|agency=Takeo Provincial Anti-Drug Police, Kirivong District Police
|hectares=2
|plants=15000
}}
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[[Has event date::2020-08-05]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::15,000 marijuana plants destroyed across 2 hectares in Kirivong, Takeo]]
[[Has event summary::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.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751790/two-hectares-of-marijuana-found-and-destroyed-in-takeo/]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2020)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Takeo]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Kirivong]]
[[Has event coordinates::10.6441, 104.8715]]
[[Has growing region::Southern Cambodia]]
[[Has growing area::Kirivong]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Takeo Provincial Anti-Drug Police, Kirivong District Police]]
[[Has hectares eradicated::2]]
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