Talk:News:2019-08-22/Eradication/police-and-residents-destroy-100-000-wild-cannabis-plants-in-shankharapur
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Dating
The article is datelined Kathmandu, 23 August 2019, and says the plants were destroyed "yesterday". The item uses 22 August 2019.
Quantities
The article gives "more than 100,000 cannabis plant", citing the Central Police News Section. The plant field holds 100,000.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 04:55, 10 November 2026 (+07)
Headline corrected
The headline read "Police and residents destroy 100,000 wild cannabis plants in Shankharapur". It now reads "Police and residents destroy more than 100,000 wild cannabis plants in Shankharapur", because The Himalayan Times, the cited source, gives "more than 100,000"; the earlier headline stated the figure more precisely than the source. Éloise 06:44, 10 November 2026 (+07)