Cambodian anti-drug officer busted with meth, marijuana

A couple loading a bundle of the morning glory vegetable to market after their harvesting a flooded area following recent rain on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Monday (June 8). The morning glory is a popular vegetable in Cambodia, also known as water spinach. - AP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities have launched a case against one of their own after a military police officer in charge of an anti-drug squad was allegedly found with narcotics in his car, local media reported on Monday morning (June 8).

Chhun Somethea, head of an anti-drug trafficking office in the south-eastern province of Takeo, was expected to appear in a Phnom Penh court on Monday following his arrest in the capital last week, the Phnom Penh Post reported.