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{{NewsItem
|date=2026-03-02
|category=Enforcement
|title=Police seize cannabis and firearm in Yala
|summary=Buttala Police raided a well-maintained cannabis plantation in the Wandama area of Yala National Park, seizing approximately 13,500 plants valued at over 5 million rupees. Officers also recovered a locally manufactured firearm from the suspect, a resident of the Kuda Oya area, who is to be produced before Wellawaya Magistrate's Court. All confiscated plants were destroyed by fire.
|source=https://www.hirunews.lk/goldfmnews/449947/police-seize-cannabis-and-firearm-in-yala
|part_of_campaign=Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2026)
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Uva Province
|admin2=Monaragala District
|locality=Wandama
|coordinates=6.45, 81.40
|growing_region=Uva
|growing_area=Yala-Lunugamvehera
|agency=Buttala Police
|plants=13500
}}
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[[Has event date::2026-03-02]]
[[Has event category::Enforcement]]
[[Has event headline::Police seize cannabis and firearm in Yala]]
[[Has event summary::Buttala Police raided a well-maintained cannabis plantation in the Wandama area of Yala National Park, seizing approximately 13,500 plants valued at over 5 million rupees. Officers also recovered a locally manufactured firearm from the suspect, a resident of the Kuda Oya area, who is to be produced before Wellawaya Magistrate's Court. All confiscated plants were destroyed by fire.]]
[[Has source URL::https://www.hirunews.lk/goldfmnews/449947/police-seize-cannabis-and-firearm-in-yala]]
[[Has part of campaign::Sri Lanka eradication campaigns (2026)]]
[[Has country::Sri Lanka]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Uva Province]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Monaragala District]]
[[Has locality::Wandama]]
[[Has event coordinates::6.45, 81.40]]
[[Has growing region::Uva]]
[[Has growing area::Yala-Lunugamvehera]]
[[Has enforcement agency::Buttala Police]]
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