PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested a gang of four persons for allegedly trafficking and possessing illicit drugs, seizing more than 10kg of ecstasy, the Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release to the media.
The suspects, three Cambodians, including a woman, and one Vietnamese, were caught at four different locations in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night after a thorough investigation, the ADP said, adding that they aged between 24 and 35 years old.
"Some 1,173 packs of MDMA or ecstasy totally weighed 10.26 kg were seized in the suspects' possession during the crackdowns (the worth of the drugs is around US$1.5 million (RM7 million)," the ADP said.
The South-East Asian country has no death sentence for a drug trafficker. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be jailed for life.
According to the ADP, Cambodia detained 19,940 drug-related suspects, including 499 foreigners, in 2023, confiscating a total of 2.97 tons of narcotics.
Most of the seized drugs were ketamine, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine tablets, heroin, ecstasy, and cocaine. - Xinhua
