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{{NewsItem
|date=2025-11-22
|category=Enforcement
|title=Massive cannabis plantations raided inside Yala Reserve
|summary=Gonaganara Police conducted a four-day operation inside the Yala Reserve area, uncovering three separate cannabis plantations totalling approximately 200,000 plants across 10 acres. The first site covered five acres with approximately 100,000 plants; the second spanned three acres with approximately 60,000 plants; the third covered two acres with approximately 40,000 plants. Officers also seized 50.6 kg of dried cannabis ready for distribution. No suspects were arrested; investigations are ongoing.
|source=https://www.onlanka.com/news/massive-cannabis-plantations-raided-inside-yala-reserve.html
|part_of_campaign=Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2025)
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Gonaganara
|coordinates=6.45, 81.35
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Yala-Lunugamvehera
|agency=Gonaganara Police
|plot1_label=Site 1
|plot1_hectares=2.02
|plot1_plants=100000
|plot2_label=Site 2
|plot2_hectares=1.21
|plot2_plants=60000
|plot3_label=Site 3
|plot3_hectares=0.81
|plot3_plants=40000
}}