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|date=2021-02-06
|category=Enforcement
|title=Two arrested for cultivating cannabis inside Yala National Park; 150,000 plants destroyed
|summary=Police arrested two suspects for cultivating cannabis inside Yala National Park during a joint operation by officers from Gonaganara, Athimale, Dambagalla, and Siyambalanaduwa police stations. Approximately 150,000 cannabis plants were destroyed. The operation was part of a broader anti-narcotics push, with at least 20 operations conducted nationwide on the same day.
|source=https://www.themorning.lk/articles/118092
|part_of_campaign=Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2021)
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Yala National Park
|coordinates=6.45, 81.40
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Yala-Lunugamvehera
|agency=Sri Lanka Police
|plants=150000
}}