Australia asked to help safely neutralise seized drug-producing chemicals

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Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday urged the National Police to ask Australia for help in destroying more than 300 tonnes of seized chemicals that can be used to manufacture synthetic drugs. Kheng said the chemicals were confiscated since January during raids throughout the Kingdom and need to be neutralised before they can be destroyed.

 

He said that according to Cambodian police experts, these chemical substances could not be buried in the ground or dumped in canals because this would endanger public health and the environment. He noted that these substances would seep into the soil, affecting crops, the environment and human life.

Kheng said that Australia has the expertise to safely neutralise the chemicals.

 

General Meas Vyrith, Secretary-general of the Secretariat of National Authority for Combating Drugs CNACD) said yesterday that the 300 tonnes of chemicals were collected and brought to Phnom Penh from warehouses in the provinces where they were kept after being seized.

 

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