Highly Connected Mango Firm Denies Link to Major Drug Raid, Shootout

Eighty tons of ketamine precursors have been found following a fatal shootout and seizure of 1.4 tons of the drug that led authorities to a Kampong Speu lab, where a prominent agroindustrial company said it was merely leasing facilities within the same compound.

According to police reports, officers ambushed two cars on Sunday, setting up barricades that the alleged drug traffickers smashed through. The traffickers then opened fire on police, and officers fatally shot one of them, they say.

The number of reported arrests varied on Monday: National Authority for Combating Drugs secretary-general Meas Vyrith told of four, while deputy national police chief Mok Chito said there were more than 10.

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