Drug Kingpin Arrested After 3 Years on the Run

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:54 am

Phnom Penh: After nearly four years of escaping from justice, the Criminal Police Department have finally tracked down and arrested a man believed to be the Big Boss of a drug ring which was busted by Cambodian police in June 2015. More than 54 kilos of drugs were seized by police in the raid.

The latest arrest took place on 11 January 2019 at Essex Spa in Chamkar Morn District, Phnom Penh, following the arrest warrant of the court.

More details to follow.

ofparadise · Post by **ofparadise** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:45 pm

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:41 pm

Phnom Penh: On September 20, 2016, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court filed a final verdict and sentenced the criminal Dam Nha, to be imprisoned for life, and fined sixty million riel, for his part as the leader of an illegal drug trafficking ring which was intercepted by anti-narcotics police on June 15, 2015.

A total of 54kg 599.6g of drugs were seized in the police raid.(ICE = 38178.34g, WY = 16068.24g, Heroine = 345.32g and Marijuana = 7.85g.)

Four people including one woman were arrested at the time, but the ringleader, Dam Nha, escaped custody until his arrest in Phnom Penh on 11 January 2019.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:33 pm

One of Cambodia's most wanted drug criminals was living peacefully in smalltown Stung Treng for years without being "recognized", then gets arrested when he comes to Phnom Penh.

Police nab fugitive drug gang leader
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea / Khmer Times

Anti-drug trafficking police from the Interior Ministry on Saturday arrested the mastermind of Cambodia’s biggest drug gang who had been on the lam for more than four years and who was sentenced in absentia to life in jail for trafficking about 55 kilos of drugs worth $3 million meant for sale to Taiwan in 2015.

Lieutenant General Mak Chito, deputy National Police chief in charge of anti-drug affairs, identified the man as Dam Nha, 53, living in Stung Treng province’s Stung Treng city.

Lt Gen Chito said that Mr Nha was arrested at about 4pm on Saturday by anti-drug trafficking police in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district.
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