A PROVINCIAL military police officer, his wife and a villager will appear in court today to be charged and questioned over their alleged involvement in drug use and trafficking in Kampot province.
 

The three, who all live in Sovann Sakor village, in Kandal province’s Kampong Kandal commune, have been named by police as Chea Chandara, 34, an officer with Kampot Provincial Military Police, his wife On Ana, 30, and local man Ly Taohour, 23.
 

Louk Nheav, deputy chief of Kampot provincial police, said police raided Mr. Chandara’s home on Monday and seized two packages of crystal methamphetamine as well as other drug-related material. “Chea Chandara was the mastermind behind their drug use and trafficking,” Mr. Nheav said

 

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Another press release two posts  earlier on this string is headed "Cambodia, Laos Winning War on Drugs". Ha!"  Maybe these "corrupt" people are pioneering a new government policy that acknowledges that "cracking down" on drugs has less to do with making society safer and is more about enriching corrupt authorities and their henchmen who also benefit from the opportunities "drug wars"provide to settle old scores with political or criminal competitors.

It makes sense for genuine social development (and public safety)  if authorities embraced the concept that nationalising  manufacture, distribution and sales and mitigating the supposedly dangerous substances through a national government authority would bring an end to the violence and criminality around the drugs while they remain illicit. A properly regulated national industry with controlled prices would remove the lure of blackmarket money supply and cut the "Mr Bigs"" and their greedy henchmen out of the scene immediately. Their violent activities would cease without the justification of hidden millions as their prize. A lot more young people would survive the traps of the "glamour"business and actually progress into .legitimate business careers instead.