Takeo gendarmerie destroys ten marijuana plantations in Ta O commune
Takeo gendarmerie cut and burned ten marijuana plantations at Sla village in Ta O commune, Kirivong district, on 23 June 2022. No growers were arrested and investigators said they were pursuing the plantation owners and seed suppliers.
🇰🇭 Sla village, Ta O commune, Kirivong district, Takeo · Cambodia
The Takeo provincial gendarmerie cracked down on ten marijuana plantations at
Sla village in Ta O commune, Kirivong district, on 23 June 2022, cutting and
destroying the crop.[1][2]The operation was led by deputy provincial
governor Khan Sokha with coordination from Takeo deputy provincial prosecutor
Nhean Borey.[1][2]
Law enforcement burned the marijuana crops in the fields.[1][2]Nobody was
reported arrested; the gendarmerie said investigators were working to identify
the plantation owners and those supplying marijuana seeds so they could be
arrested and brought to justice.[1][2]
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The cannabis farm was destroyed by the police, in a photo credited to Fresh News.Photo details
No area or number of plants was published for the ten plantations, so no hectares or plants_destroyed figure is recorded.
The growers were not named and no arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; prosecutors directed investigators to pursue the owners and seed suppliers.
Both opened accounts carry the same gendarmerie statement and no separate agency release was found.
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