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|date=2021-01-30
|category=Enforcement
|title=6,189 marijuana plants destroyed on mountain farms in Veal Veng, Pursat
|summary=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/
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Pursat
|admin2=Veal Veng
|locality=Veal Vong
|coordinates=12.20, 103.15
|growing_region=Cardamom Mountains
|growing_area=Veal Veng
|agency=Veal Veng District Police; Veal Veng District Military Police
|hectares=1
|plants=6189
}}
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[[Has event date::2021-01-30]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::6,189 marijuana plants destroyed on mountain farms in Veal Veng, Pursat]]
[[Has event summary::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.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809011/police-raid-five-marijuana-farms-and-destroy-more-than-20000-plants/]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021)]]
[[Has country::Cambodia]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Pursat]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Veal Veng]]
[[Has locality::Veal Vong]]
[[Has event coordinates::12.20, 103.15]]
[[Has growing region::Cardamom Mountains]]
[[Has growing area::Veal Veng]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Veal Veng District Police; Veal Veng District Military Police]]
[[Has hectares eradicated::1]]
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