Suspect Taiwanese drug smuggler (Photo: Bun Ry, Koh Santepheap newspaper)Wednesday, October 17, 2007
AFP
PHNOM PENH -- A Taiwanese businessman has been arrested trying to smuggle heroin out of Cambodia, police said Tuesday, in another seizure of the island's nationals here on drugs charges.
At least half a dozen Taiwanese, including a 90-year-old man, have been detained while smuggling heroin through Phnom Penh International Airport during the past year.
In the latest incident, Lin Kuo Chih, 40, was discovered carrying 800 grams (28 ounces) of heroin in his pockets as he tried to board a flight to Taipei on Sunday, airport police chief Chhuor Kimny told AFP.
The suspect is a businessman who had travelled to Cambodia on numerous occasions, Chhuor Kimny said.
Last month, two Taiwanese nationals were jailed for 25 years each by a Cambodian court for trying to smuggle heroin out of the kingdom.
Their convictions followed those of three other Taiwanese earlier in the year for drugs trafficking.
Although drug arrests have risen, Cambodia is becoming an increasingly popular trafficking point for methamphetamines and heroin, particularly since neighboring Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002.
At least half a dozen Taiwanese, including a 90-year-old man, have been detained while smuggling heroin through Phnom Penh International Airport during the past year.
In the latest incident, Lin Kuo Chih, 40, was discovered carrying 800 grams (28 ounces) of heroin in his pockets as he tried to board a flight to Taipei on Sunday, airport police chief Chhuor Kimny told AFP.
The suspect is a businessman who had travelled to Cambodia on numerous occasions, Chhuor Kimny said.
Last month, two Taiwanese nationals were jailed for 25 years each by a Cambodian court for trying to smuggle heroin out of the kingdom.
Their convictions followed those of three other Taiwanese earlier in the year for drugs trafficking.
Although drug arrests have risen, Cambodia is becoming an increasingly popular trafficking point for methamphetamines and heroin, particularly since neighboring Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002.
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