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.

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

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