Drug Seizures Triple in 2015

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Khmer Times/Taing Vida

The number of people arrested on drug-related charges in Cambodia more than doubled last year, according to a report by the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD). About 7,000 people were arrested last year, compared to just 3,142 in 2014, an increase that authorities are attributing to the growing popularity of Cambodia as a transit country for the drug trade.

In the opening ceremony of the annual meeting on drug control, NACD president Ke Kim Yan said Cambodia has become an increasingly popular transit country for the Southeast Asian drug trade, with many drugs coming into the country from the north and northeast.

According to the NACD, in 2015, 3,061 drug offenses were prosecuted in Cambodia, compared to just 1,337 cases the year before. The drugs seized totaled over 1.5 tons, and included methamphetamine, ICE-WY (pills mixing methamphetamine and caffeine), heroin, and marijuana.

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