DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodian authorities on Tuesday burned four tons of ingredients used in the drug ecstasy after a series of raids that led to the arrest of four people, including two Chinese citizens. Mek Dara, secretary general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs, said military police burned three tons of the sassafras plant, from which the ecstasy chemical ingredient MDMA is derived, along with one ton of other chemicals used to make the drug.
"We conducted a series of raids in Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham province and Takeo province over the weekend and arrested four people involved in importing this plant from China and growing it in Cambodia," he said. "Two Chinese citizens were arrested in these raids along with a Cambodian man and a Cambodian woman."
Mek Dara said the destruction of the ingredients Tuesday morning in Phnom Penh was supervised by Australian and US drug-trafficking specialists.
He said the four suspects were detained and would face court this week.
Cambodia last year introduced legislation to ban the trade in oil from the sassafras plant, which was being illicitly exported to Vietnam and Thailand.
"We conducted a series of raids in Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham province and Takeo province over the weekend and arrested four people involved in importing this plant from China and growing it in Cambodia," he said. "Two Chinese citizens were arrested in these raids along with a Cambodian man and a Cambodian woman."
Mek Dara said the destruction of the ingredients Tuesday morning in Phnom Penh was supervised by Australian and US drug-trafficking specialists.
He said the four suspects were detained and would face court this week.
Cambodia last year introduced legislation to ban the trade in oil from the sassafras plant, which was being illicitly exported to Vietnam and Thailand.
6 comments:
Cambodia is facing illegal drugs and criminal gangs robbery nowaday! cambodian government must acts tough on these criminals gangs robbery and drugs that happend everyday, these people must put away for along long time....
Don't waste foods and the money for these fucker, why not send them to the front line to laid more mines?
hey, drugs are bad for you and your brain. only loser uses drug!
ps: don't forget alchol and smoking is drug addiction as well. please stop do it!
My sincere congratulation to Gen. Ke Kim Yan and Nhem Sakharoth.
Ah Scum Rainsy must STOP conducting and condoning his followers to illegally smuggling of illicit drugs into Cambodia.
PPU
Don't forget to check ke kim yan locker!
1:03Pm you say ah Kwack don't arrest a traficker event he know it!
Do ma ah criminal Hon Xen!
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