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|date=2021-08-11
|category=Enforcement
|title=Five marijuana farms and four reservoirs destroyed in Ta O commune, Kirivong
|summary=Kirivong district police destroyed five marijuana plantations covering 3,189 m² with four water reservoirs in Ta O commune. No arrests were made and police continued searching for the owners. Provincial anti-drug bureau chief Phoeung Sarun said growers were suspected to be local people, noting the three-month cultivation cycle. He described the "whack-a-mole" enforcement challenge: "When we crack down on marijuana plants in the west, growers secretly plant them in the east because this area is on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border." Sarun claimed education efforts had reduced cultivation by 60–70%.
|source=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-destroy-five-marijuana-farms-takeo-province
|part_of_campaign=Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021)
|country=Cambodia
|admin1=Takeo
|admin2=Kirivong
|coordinates=10.6441, 104.8715
|growing_region=Southern Cambodia
|growing_area=Kirivong
|agency=Kirivong District Police
|hectares=0.3189
}}
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[[Has event date::2021-08-11]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::Five marijuana farms and four reservoirs destroyed in Ta O commune, Kirivong]]
[[Has event summary::Kirivong district police destroyed five marijuana plantations covering 3,189 m² with four water reservoirs in Ta O commune. No arrests were made and police continued searching for the owners. Provincial anti-drug bureau chief Phoeung Sarun said growers were suspected to be local people, noting the three-month cultivation cycle. He described the "whack-a-mole" enforcement challenge: "When we crack down on marijuana plants in the west, growers secretly plant them in the east because this area is on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border." Sarun claimed education efforts had reduced cultivation by 60–70%.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-destroy-five-marijuana-farms-takeo-province]]
[[Has part of campaign::Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021)]]
[[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::Kirivong District Police]]
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