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|date=2024-12-13
|category=Enforcement
|title=Army assists police in major cannabis eradication operation in Thanamalwila
|summary=Sri Lanka Army Intelligence, Thanamalwila Police, and local Army personnel raided cannabis plantations across three locations in the Unakanda, Hambegamuwa area. A total of 63,992 plants were destroyed across 2.25 acres: 58,320 plants on 1.5 acres, 3,722 plants on 0.5 acres, and 1,950 plants on 0.25 acres. All cultivations were burned on-site.
|source=https://www.lankaxpress.com/sri-lanka-army-assists-police-in-major-ganja-cannabis-raid-operation-in-thanamalwila/
|part_of_campaign=Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2024)
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Unakanda; Hambegamuwa
|coordinates=6.38, 81.15
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Yala-Lunugamvehera
|agency=Sri Lanka Army Intelligence, Thanamalwila Police
|hectares=0.91
|plants=63992
|plot1_label=Unakanda plot 1
|plot1_hectares=0.61
|plot1_plants=58320
|plot2_label=Unakanda plot 2
|plot2_hectares=0.20
|plot2_plants=3722
|plot3_label=Unakanda plot 3
|plot3_hectares=0.10
|plot3_plants=1950
}}