Cambodia arrests 2 for trafficking drugs

• Cambodian police seize 54.4 kg of illicit drugs, including heroin, crystal meth and ketamine.
• Drug dealers in the Southeast Asian country do not face the death penalty.
• In the first five months of this year, police detained 6,168 drug suspects, including 80 foreigners.

PHNOM PENH: The National Officers stated on Tuesday that Cambodia anti-drug police arrested two individuals for drug trafficking and seized more than 54 kg of illicit drugs from them.

After a months-long investigation, police detained the two men, a 31-year-old foreigner and a 26-year-old Cambodian native, in the capital Phnom Penh on Friday.

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Drug dealers in the Southeast Asian country do not face the death penalty. A person convicted of trafficking more than 80 grams of drugs can get a life sentence under the legislation.

In the first five months of this year, police detained 6,168 drug suspects, including 80 foreigners, seizing 1.58 tonnes of illegal substances and 173.6 tonnes of chemicals, as per the anti-drug police department.

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