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Police detained two men and seized more than 70 kg of drugs on May 12 in Phnom Penh.
Two arrested for trafficking 70kg drugs in capital
Mon, 17 May 2021
A Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor continued to question two men on May 16 over more than 70kg of drugs seized when they were arrested on May 12 in Phnom Penh.
Municipal anti-drug department deputy director In Song said the two suspects were Chinese nationals aged 40 and 58.
“These two Chinese men are accomplices of five other drug suspects – including Cambodians and Vietnamese – who were placed in pre-trial detention by the Svay Rieng Provincial Court last week,” he said.
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Five suspects were arrested on May 5-6 in Phnom Penh, and the provinces of Svay Rieng and Kandal regarding the alleged trafficking of more than 11kg of drugs. Police
Five caught smuggling 11kg drugs, one nabbed for illegal weapon possession
Tue, 11 May 2021
Five suspects were questioned by the Svay Rieng Provincial Court on May 10 regarding the alleged trafficking of more than 11kg of drugs after being arrested on May 5-6 in Phnom Penh, and the provinces of Svay Rieng and Kandal.
Svay Rieng provincial deputy police chief in charge of anti-drug crimes Keo Sotha identified the suspects as Hu Tek, Le Young Kuo, and Nguyen Than Lin, all Vietnamese nationals. The other two, Heng Sovatha and Nut Bunthoeun, are Cambodians.
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Cambodia shattered its daily record of COVID-19 infections on Friday amid a worsening outbreak with nearly 700 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus, while neighboring Laos saw a dramatic uptick in infections with its largest count to date, suggesting the pandemic is far from over in Southeast Asia.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health said that in addition to the 700 people who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, the country’s death toll from the pandemic rose to 61 with a caseload of more than 8,000 people.
While the coronavirus made few inroads into Cambodia in 2020, the country’s economy which leans heavily on the production of textiles has been battered by a drop in export demand and a series of lockdowns meant to stem the spread of the virus. Migrant workers in next-door Thailand also lost their jobs in lockdowns.