News:2021-12-27/Policy/new-takeo-police-chief-vows-to-eliminate-all-marijuana-plantations

News record27 December 2021PolicyCambodia eradication campaigns (2021)

New Takeo police chief vows to eliminate all marijuana plantations

New Takeo Provincial Police chief Major General Chheang Phannara, one month into his tenure, pledged to end the marijuana industry in Takeo. He noted that both locals and outsiders come to plant cannabis in the mountains. In his first month, 500 square metres of plantations were destroyed and growers sent to court. Kirivong district police chief Colonel Yuk Sarath provided 2021 annual totals: 250 kg fresh marijuana and nearly 6 tonnes dried marijuana seized; plantations burned at 174 locations; 107 illegal reservoirs destroyed.

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• 6 Dec 2021Takeo police chief orders crackdown on Kirivong marijuana cultivation; blames local authorities' "lack of will"
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Date27 Dec 2021

CategoryPolicy

CampaignCambodia eradication campaigns (2021)

CountryCambodia

State / provinceTakeo

District / areaKirivong

Growing regionSouthern Cambodia

AgencyTakeo Provincial Police; Kirivong District Police

Coordinates10.6441, 104.8715

Coordinates are approximate.

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2021-12-27 Policy New Takeo police chief vows to eliminate all marijuana plantations New Takeo Provincial Police chief Major General Chheang Phannara, one month into his tenure, pledged to end the marijuana industry in Takeo. He noted that both locals and outsiders come to plant cannabis in the mountains. In his first month, 500 square metres of plantations were destroyed and growers sent to court. Kirivong district police chief Colonel Yuk Sarath provided 2021 annual totals: 250 kg fresh marijuana and nearly 6 tonnes dried marijuana seized; plantations burned at 174 locations; 107 illegal reservoirs destroyed. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50995390/takeo-police-chief-vows-war-on-weed/ Cambodia eradication campaigns (2021) Cambodia Takeo Kirivong 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E Southern Cambodia Kirivong Takeo Provincial Police Kirivong District Police