News:2021-01-30/Enforcement/6-189-marijuana-plants-destroyed-on-mountain-farms-in-veal-veng-pursat

30 January 2021

Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021)

Enforcement

Cambodia · Pursat · Veal Veng · Veal Vong · (Cardamom Mountains)

6,189 marijuana plants destroyed on mountain farms in Veal Veng, Pursat

District police and military police raided two marijuana farms in valleys and streams of a mountain in Rokat commune's Veal Vong village, Veal Veng district, destroying 6,189 plants and two cottages. District police chief Colonel Tan Kearith said they were tipped off by a villager searching for fruit and beehives. Farm owners fled on sight. Kearith noted that despite awareness campaigns, growers persist because unscrupulous traders buy at high prices.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809011/police-raid-five-marijuana-farms-and-destroy-more-than-20000-plants/ Source

2021-01-30 Enforcement 6,189 marijuana plants destroyed on mountain farms in Veal Veng, Pursat District police and military police raided two marijuana farms in valleys and streams of a mountain in Rokat commune's Veal Vong village, Veal Veng district, destroying 6,189 plants and two cottages. District police chief Colonel Tan Kearith said they were tipped off by a villager searching for fruit and beehives. Farm owners fled on sight. Kearith noted that despite awareness campaigns, growers persist because unscrupulous traders buy at high prices. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809011/police-raid-five-marijuana-farms-and-destroy-more-than-20000-plants/ Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021) Cambodia Pursat Veal Veng Veal Vong 12° 12' 0.00" N, 103° 9' 0.00" E Cardamom Mountains Veal Veng Veal Veng District Police; Veal Veng District Military Police 1 6189