Military police destroyed more than 500 marijuana plants in Kampot province on Friday 29 August 2014.[1] Sem Soeum, the deputy provincial military police commander, said his officers found the plants after a gruelling search in the forests of Chros O’Krouch mountain in Teuk Chhou district.[1] He said the two farms were in dense forest.[1] The crop had an estimated value of $30,000, according to the military police.[1] The growers had not been identified.[1]

The officers went to the mountain after a tip from bamboo collectors.[1] The search took three hours.[1] Sem Soeum said officers found two farms with 523 marijuana plants in dense forest and decided to burn them.[1] He said the mission was difficult, and that the officers did not find the way to the plants until they prayed to the mountain spirit.[1] The officers burned the plants in the dense forest where they found them.[1]