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|date=2023-12-22
|category=Enforcement
|title=Large scale ganja farm raided in Yala
|summary=A joint four-day operation by the Sri Lanka Army and Matara Crime Division police, acting on Army Intelligence information, raided a five-acre cannabis farm in the Pilimagala, Mahaaru area of the Yala Reserve, approximately ten miles from the Buttala–Kataragama road. The plants were approximately six feet tall and ready for harvest. One suspect was arrested and a locally manufactured firearm was seized.
|source=https://sundaytimes.pressreader.com/article/281565180566387
|part_of_campaign=Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2023)
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Pilimagala
|coordinates=6.42, 81.35
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Yala-Lunugamvehera
|agency=Sri Lanka Army, Matara Crime Division
}}
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[[Has event date::2023-12-22]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::Large scale ganja farm raided in Yala]]
[[Has event summary::A joint four-day operation by the Sri Lanka Army and Matara Crime Division police, acting on Army Intelligence information, raided a five-acre cannabis farm in the Pilimagala, Mahaaru area of the Yala Reserve, approximately ten miles from the Buttala–Kataragama road. The plants were approximately six feet tall and ready for harvest. One suspect was arrested and a locally manufactured firearm was seized.]]
[[Has source URL::https://sundaytimes.pressreader.com/article/281565180566387]]
[[Has part of campaign::Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2023)]]
[[Has country::Sri Lanka]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Uva Province]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Monaragala District]]
[[Has locality::Pilimagala]]
[[Has event coordinates::6.42, 81.35]]
[[Has growing region::Uva]]
[[Has growing area::Yala-Lunugamvehera]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Sri Lanka Army, Matara Crime Division]]
[[Has hectares destroyed::2]]
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