Drug arrests spike 70%

The number of drug arrests across Cambodia since last November rose nearly 70 percent compared to the same period a year ago, yielding some 111 kilos of confiscated drugs, according to a preliminary report by the National Authority for Combating Drugs.

The report, which was obtained yesterday and still needs to be finalised, compiled data on drug cases in the Kingdom from November 2015 through September 2016. That period saw the number of arrests sharply increase to more than 8,000, with only about 4,800 people arrested in the same period last year. No comparison was offered for the amount of drugs confiscated.

The number of drug cases sent to court also rose to 3,406, compared with 2,190 the previous year during the same time, representing a 55 percent increase, the report shows.

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