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| Police officers inspect barrels of chemicals that were seized yesterday at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port. Photo Supplied |
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
More than 16 tonnes of an unrefined, unknown chemical liquid had been seized by Sihanoukville Autonomous Port customs officials on suspicion of being an illegal precursor chemical, police said yesterday.
San Bunthan, head of the provincial anti-drug office in Preah Sihanouk, said provincial customs officials had detected the liquid in a six-metre container on a Malaysian flagged ship coming from Singapore.
“We found it was a chemical liquid like a kind of glue for making shoes, but we are not clear what the substance will be used for, so we took some of the liquid to experts in a laboratory in Phnom Penh,” Bunthan said.
The 80 buckets of chemicals, totalling 16,400 kilograms, would remain at the port until clarification of the chemicals use was gained, he said.




















