PHNOM PENH, Mar 26 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested three foreigners for possessing and trafficking 107 kg illicit drugs, the Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) said, in a news release yesterday.
The suspects, all male, were caught Tuesday night, at three different locations in the capital Phnom Penh and southern Kandal province, the ADP said.
“Some 99.6 kg of ketamine, 7.3 kg of ecstasy, 0.19 kg of methamphetamine tablets, and seven grams of nimetazepam were seized from the trio during the raids,” the ADP said.
Cambodia has no death sentence for drug traffickers. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking over 80 grams of illicit drugs could be imprisoned for life.
According to the ADP, in 2021, the authorities nabbed a total of 13,765 drug suspects, in 6,242 cases throughout the country, confiscating 4.43 tonnes of illicit drugs, mostly crystal methamphetamine (ice), heroin and Ecstasy.– NNN-AKP
