News:2023-01-10/Policy/takeos-kirivong-district-cited-as-cambodias-top-marijuana-cultivation-area

News record10 January 2023Policy

Takeo's Kirivong district cited as Cambodia's top marijuana cultivation area

Deputy Secretary-General of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) Lieutenant General Nak Yuthea identified Takeo province's Kirivong district as Cambodia's largest cannabis cultivation area. In 2022, authorities found 32 cases of marijuana cultivation and arrested five Cambodian growers, all locals. Small-scale growers are educated and released; large-scale cultivators face prosecution. Nationally in 2022, police confiscated more than 14 tonnes of marijuana, over 60,000 cannabis plants, and more than 500 tonnes of chemical precursors across 6,290 drug cases with 14,784 arrests involving nine nationalities. NACD Secretary General Meas Vyrith noted drug seizures exceeded 10 tonnes in 2022, up from 4 tonnes in 2021, with international gangs using Cambodia as a transit point.

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Date10 Jan 2023

CategoryPolicy

CountryCambodia

State / provinceTakeo

District / areaKirivong

Growing regionSouthern Cambodia

Coordinates10.6441, 104.8715

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2023-01-10 Policy Takeo's Kirivong district cited as Cambodia's top marijuana cultivation area Deputy Secretary-General of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) Lieutenant General Nak Yuthea identified Takeo province's Kirivong district as Cambodia's largest cannabis cultivation area. In 2022, authorities found 32 cases of marijuana cultivation and arrested five Cambodian growers, all locals. Small-scale growers are educated and released; large-scale cultivators face prosecution. Nationally in 2022, police confiscated more than 14 tonnes of marijuana, over 60,000 cannabis plants, and more than 500 tonnes of chemical precursors across 6,290 drug cases with 14,784 arrests involving nine nationalities. NACD Secretary General Meas Vyrith noted drug seizures exceeded 10 tonnes in 2022, up from 4 tonnes in 2021, with international gangs using Cambodia as a transit point. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216806/takeo-takes-the-marijuana-cake/ Cambodia Takeo Kirivong 10° 38' 38.76" N, 104° 52' 17.40" E