PHNOM PENH, May 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s anti-drug police, arrested three local women, for allegedly trafficking in illicit drugs, seizing a total of 150 kg of narcotics, an official said, yesterday.
The trio were apprehended on Saturday, during a raid in the capital, Phnom Penh, and its adjacent Kandal province.
“A total of 150 kg of illicit drugs in four types, as well as, a car were confiscated from the three suspected women,” the Interior Ministry’s Secretary of State and spokesman, Khieu Sopheak, said, in a report released to the media.
He said, police were currently hunting for their masterminds and accomplices.
Cambodia has no death sentence for a drug trafficker. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be jailed for life.
According to the Interior Ministry’s anti-drug department, Cambodia nabbed 5,572 drug-related suspects, including 105 foreigners, during the Jan-Apr period of 2023, seizing a total of 361 kg of narcotics.– NNN-AKP
