PHNOM PENH, Nov 12 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested a gang of three foreigners, for allegedly trafficking illicit drugs, confiscating over 100 kg narcotics, the Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said, yesterday.
Two Thai men, Wasin Saekue, 24 and Saeli Chinnawat, 18, as well as, a Laotian man, Cheng Veut, 35, were apprehended on Thursday, during a raid on a house in the capital, Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district, after an investigation for several months.
“A total of 101 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine was seized from the trio during the crackdown,” the ADP said in a statement.
The country has no death sentence for drug traffickers. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be jailed for life.
According to the ADP, Cambodia nabbed 16,668 drug-related suspects, including 396 foreigners, during the Jan-Oct period of 2023, seizing 2.72 tonnes of narcotics.
Most of the seized drugs were heroin, ecstasy, ketamine, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine pills and cathinone.– NNN-AKP
