Drugs worth US$70mil set ablaze amid crackdown


Big haul: An official preparing to burn seized drugs during the destruction ceremony in Phnom Penh. — AFP

More than four tonnes of illegal drugs, worth nearly US$70mil (RM330mil) have been burnt as the country intensifies a crackdown on narcotic trafficking.

Cambodian authorities burned the drugs, including ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and chemical substances, at a brick kiln under the guard of dozens of armed forces.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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