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Dating

Newswire's article is stamped 2 November 2026 and says only that the plants were destroyed "during a raid". It gives no day for the raid, so the item uses the day of publication.

Quantities

Newswire's headline says "Over 36,000" and the text says "A total of 36,710 cannabis plants cultivated on approximately two acres of land". The stored hectare figure, 0.81, is the two acres converted at 0.4047 hectares per acre.

Place

The article does not name the province. It names the Monaragala Police Narcotics Bureau and Hambegamuwa Police, and Wikidata places Hambegamuwa in Monaragala District, which lies in Uva Province. Wikidata's description of the Hambegamuwa entry reads "place in Western Province", which its own administrative parent, Monaragala District, does not support.

Attribution

The article attributes its account to the army: "According to the Sri Lanka Army, the operation was conducted by officers of the Monaragala Police Narcotics Bureau, based on information provided by Army Military Intelligence."

Map pin

Wikidata has no entry for the Maw Ara area. The pin is Wikidata's point for Hambegamuwa (Q27459504), rounded to two decimals, as an event site.

These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 04:27, 6 November 2026 (+07)