Marijuana Plantation Goes Up in Smoke
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:42 pm
Marijuana Plantation Goes Up in Smoke
Police in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district police yesterday confiscated and burned a marijuana plantation in Pro Ngel commune’s Kampeng village, but did not arrest the grower as police said it was a small crop and the suspect was unaware the plant was an illegal substance.
“Those marijuana plants, [the owner] planted them on his land as medication for his cattle. He planted only a small amount as he and his family did not understand the law,” district police chief Vorng Saveth said, adding that police confiscated a total of 67 marijuana plants.
He added that the grower, Meas Dy, was merely asked to sign a contract agreeing never to plant the illegal substance again.
Mr. Saveth said district police had been cracking down on marijuana plantations over the past few years and had so far destroyed four plantations, with 7,637 plants in Rokat commune alone in May 2015...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30399/ ... -in-smoke/
Police in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district police yesterday confiscated and burned a marijuana plantation in Pro Ngel commune’s Kampeng village, but did not arrest the grower as police said it was a small crop and the suspect was unaware the plant was an illegal substance.
“Those marijuana plants, [the owner] planted them on his land as medication for his cattle. He planted only a small amount as he and his family did not understand the law,” district police chief Vorng Saveth said, adding that police confiscated a total of 67 marijuana plants.
He added that the grower, Meas Dy, was merely asked to sign a contract agreeing never to plant the illegal substance again.
Mr. Saveth said district police had been cracking down on marijuana plantations over the past few years and had so far destroyed four plantations, with 7,637 plants in Rokat commune alone in May 2015...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30399/ ... -in-smoke/