Cambodia detains 6,048 drug suspects, seizes 1.4 tonnes of illicit drugs in Q1


PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has seen a rise in the number of people arrested in drug cases, but a decline in the amount of narcotics seized in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, said an Anti-Drug Department (ADP)'s report released on Tuesday (April 1).

The authorities had apprehended 6,048 drug-related suspects during the January-March period this year, up 10 per cent from 5,489 over the same period last year, the report said, adding that 192 suspects were foreigners of eight nationalities.

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