[Cambodia] Lao ‘drug trafficker’ charged

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An undercover police operation has led to the arrest of a Loatian man believed to have smuggled one kilogram of methamphetamines from Laos into Stung Treng province on Friday.

Major Nou Hour, chief of the provincial anti-drug police unit in Stung Treng, said that 51-year-old Kis Keoduong Champa was issued drug-related charges in the provincial court on Saturday.

“He was arrested by our provincial anti-drug police unit when he brought about a kilogram of drugs from his country to sell to our undercover police agents near the Cambodia-Laos border in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district,†Hour said yesterday.

“He was charged by the provincial court with drug possession, transporting and trafficking, and is now awaiting trial in prison.â€

Major Nou Hour said that according to the Cambodian Anti-Drug Law, the Laotian national could face between five and 10 years in prison if found guilty.

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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

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