New drug task force for Cambodia's airports

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New drug task force for Cambodia's airports

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Government to create drug task force for airports
2 March 2018
Cambodia’s anti-drug bureau wants to create a specialised task force to check for drugs at airports and ports.

At a meeting to discuss the idea yesterday, Meas Vyrith, secretary-general for the National Authority for Combating Drugs, said air and sea were the two most common pathways for drugs into the Kingdom.

According to Vyrith, a task force would allow law enforcement to better gather and share information with other countries in line with international agreements. “In other countries in the region, they all have these teams, but Cambodia is still checking and discussing this,” Vyrith said.

Drug checks at the airport are currently conducted by a combination of National Police and airport security.
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I Was thinking that the main drug problem of cambodia is meth ......does it not come inside the kingdom by airplaines and boats ?
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leitfaden wrote: Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:59 pm I Was thinking that the main drug problem of cambodia is meth ......does it not come inside the kingdom by airplaines and boats ?
Where do Cambodian drugs come from ?
The domestic meth market seems to be supplied mainly overland from the Laos border. Heroin too,I suppose. Most of the airport busts seem to be drugs (mostly cocaine) in transit destined for elsewhere. Haven't heard about any busts at Sihanoukville port, strangely enough.

Not many cases of Cambodian meth labs reported either. Surely some enterprising four-stars must have looked into this ?
I vaguely remember one case of a high-up person who was said to be involved in fabrication a few years ago. Does anyone remember what happened to him?
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here is where they are WRONG<
"At a meeting to discuss the idea yesterday, Meas Vyrith, secretary-general for the National Authority for Combating Drugs, said air and sea were the two most common pathways for drugs into the Kingdom."
I'd say most drugs come in overland from Laos/Thailand
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phuketrichard wrote:here is where they are WRONG<
"At a meeting to discuss the idea yesterday, Meas Vyrith, secretary-general for the National Authority for Combating Drugs, said air and sea were the two most common pathways for drugs into the Kingdom."
I'd say most drugs come in overland from Laos/Thailand
Absolutely, I would be surprised if even 10% comes through the airport and seaport combined.
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Why bother with customs when one can so easily walk/ drive across the border at unpoliced points?

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still, i bet they will catch plenty.
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