2,115 marijuana plants burned on six farms in Takeo's Kiri Vong
Takeo authorities raided six marijuana farms near an abandoned base in Kiri Vong district and burned 2,115 plants. Police were still hunting the farm owners so they could be punished.
🇰🇭 Chroy village, Preah Bat Chonchum commune, Kiri Vong, Takeo · Cambodia
Takeo provincial authorities destroyed more than 2,000 cannabis plants on a
Wednesday after six marijuana farms were discovered, police said the next day.[1]Kiri Vong district police chief Sim Meng said his officers joined commune
police to raid six marijuana farms near an abandoned military base in Chroy
village in Preah Bat Chonchum commune.[1]
After the operation, police destroyed all six farms and burned 2,115 marijuana
plants, Meng said.[1]Police were on the lookout for the owners of the farms
so they could be punished in accordance with legal procedure, with no arrests
reported at the time.[1]
Preah Bat Chonchum commune is known as a hotbed of marijuana growing compared
with other communes in Kiri Vong district.[1]
Photos and video
Authorities with the destroyed marijuana plants in Takeo. Photo: PolicePhoto details
The article gives the raid and destruction as Wednesday and the police statement as Thursday; 16 January 2019 is used as the incident date from the 18 January 2019 publication date.
No arrests, names, charges or court outcome were reported; the farm owners were still being sought when the account was published.
Only one accessible source for this raid was found after searching in English, so no second account corroborates it.
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On 2 February 2025 Takeo provincial governor Vie Samnang led police, military police and district forces to seven illegal plantations on the Bayang Kor range, cutting and burning 3,365 plants across about 1,890 square metres and removing six water tanks. No arrests were reported.
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.
Takeo police burned marijuana plots at four sites covering 437 square metres in the mountains of Preah Bat Chonchum commune, Kiri Vong district, on 2 October 2021. The growers fled before officers arrived and police said they were tracking them down.
