Cambodia nabs 14,038 drug-related suspects in eight months

A pile of illegal seized drugs is set on fire during a destruction ceremony to mark the United Nation' "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" in Phnom Penh on June 26, 2020. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodian authorities have arrested 14,038 drug-related suspects in 7,025 cases in the first eight months of this year, said an Interior Ministry's anti-drug department report on Tuesday (Sept 1).

From January to August 2020, some 8,485 people were nabbed for alleged drug trafficking and 5,553 were caught for drug use, the report said, adding that 201 of them are foreigners.