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|date=2024-06-11
|category=Enforcement
|title=STF uses drones to locate ganja plantations inside forest reserve
|summary=The Police Special Task Force used drone surveillance to locate and raid two cannabis plantations inside the Hambegamuwa Forest Reserve. The first plantation contained 187,857 plants; a 35-year-old suspect from Pinnawala was arrested. The second contained 6,725 plants. Twenty plants were retained as evidence for Hambegamuwa Police; the remainder were burned on-site. Total plants destroyed: 194,582.
|source=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/online/news-online/STF-uses-drones-to-locate-ganja-plantations-inside-forest-reserve/2-1145994
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Hambegamuwa Forest Reserve
|coordinates=6.38, 81.15
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Udawalawe
|agency=Special Task Force
|plants=194582
|plot1_label=Hambegamuwa plot 1
|plot1_plants=187857
|plot2_label=Hambegamuwa plot 2
|plot2_plants=6725
}}
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[[Has event date::2024-06-11]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::STF uses drones to locate ganja plantations inside forest reserve]]
[[Has event summary::The Police Special Task Force used drone surveillance to locate and raid two cannabis plantations inside the Hambegamuwa Forest Reserve. The first plantation contained 187,857 plants; a 35-year-old suspect from Pinnawala was arrested. The second contained 6,725 plants. Twenty plants were retained as evidence for Hambegamuwa Police; the remainder were burned on-site. Total plants destroyed: 194,582.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.sundaytimes.lk/online/news-online/STF-uses-drones-to-locate-ganja-plantations-inside-forest-reserve/2-1145994]]
[[Has country::Sri Lanka]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Uva Province]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Monaragala District]]
[[Has locality::Hambegamuwa Forest Reserve]]
[[Has event coordinates::6.38, 81.15]]
[[Has growing region::Uva]]
[[Has growing area::Udawalawe]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Special Task Force]]
[[Has plants eradicated::194582]]
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