Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested a group of four foreigners for manufacturing, possessing and trafficking over 40 kilograms of illicit drugs, the country’s Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) said.
The police on Thursday said the four men were arrested at two secretive drug labs, with one of them in mango farms in western Kampong Speu province while the other at a condo in capital Phnom Penh.
According to ADP, the four were arrested on May 19 after an investigation for more than two months.
The police added that a total of 40.5 kilograms of ketamine and 1.42 tonnes of its ingredients were confiscated from the suspects during the raids.
“A large number of equipment used for manufacturing and packaging drugs as well as 11.5 tonnes of chemicals thought to be used for producing drugs were also impounded.
“On May 18, the kingdom caught a group of three foreigners in Phnom Penh and in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, seizing a total of 30.4 kilograms of heroin, ecstasy, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine, ketamine and nimetazepam.’’
The Southeast Asian nation had no death sentence for drug traffickers.
Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of drugs could be jailed for life.
The ADP said, Cambodia nabbed 4,602 drug suspects, including 66 foreigners, during the first four months of 2022, confiscating 1.55 tonnes of illicit drugs and 173 tonnes of ingredients. (Xinhua/NAN)
