October 28, 2020
Village-commune level anti-drug units planned

The Ministry of Interior’s Anti-Drug Committee announced yesterday they will be posting units at the village and commune levels to educate on and prevent drug-related crime.

The units will consist of between two and three officials from the committee.

Kao Khon Dara, director of the Anti-Drug Committee, said he has issued measures to establish clear anti-drug mechanisms at the sub-national level.

“At a time when the government has been launching a campaign against illegal drugs, village and commune policies must be implemented with a high sense of responsibility and effectiveness,” he said.

“I strongly believe in the leaders at all levels being able to continue to work together to prevent drug-related crimes in all communes and districts”, he said.

Deputy secretary-general of the Anti-Drug Committee’s secretariat, Neak Yuthea, said the units are to prevent drug trafficking and to monitor and educate people from the sub-national level to the national level about the effects of drug use.
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200Kgs of methamphetamine seized by Cambodian authorities in a police raid in August 2020
November 18, 2020
Crackdown on drug trafficking urged

Prime Minister HE has urged relevant authorities to tighten the crackdown on drug trafficking and apprehend big fish amid continued drug trafficking.

In a directive issued yesterday, Mr HE said all relevant authorities are cooperating in cracking down on drugs but large-scale trafficking has continued to exist, with abuses spreading to rural areas.

“[They should] continue to tighten the crackdown on money laundering as a result of drug offences by strengthening regional and international cooperation, and preventing the importation and the use of chemical ingredients,” he said.

He said that all drug offences must be reported to relevant authorities and investigations must be conducted to trace networks.

Mr HE said that chemical ingredients must be confiscated to prevent them from getting to the criminals while law enforcement officials should be provided with more training and legal knowledge.

Interior Ministry spokesman General Khieu Sopheak said education on drug abuse was promoted while the masterminds of drug trafficking have been under probe.

“We will implement the plan according to the levels. We as authorities are educating the people and advising them not to use drugs. We are also investigating to make arrests of the masterminds of drug trafficking,” Gen Sopheak said.

According to the report from NACD, in the first ten months of this year, authorities cracked down on 8,585 cases of drug use and trafficking and apprehended 1,522 people, of which 255 were foreigners.

The Ministry of Interior reported yesterday at least 60 suspects were arrested for drug crimes across the country.
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Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): Three young men in their 20s were arrested by Chbar Ampov district police on the afternoon of November 24, 2020 in connection with a case of drug dealing.

Veng Vandy was detained in front of a house with no number on Concrete Road, Doeum Chan Village, Sangkat-Khan Chbar Ampov and police confiscated 16 small bags of white crystals. As for the young men named Ken Chaly and Ha Samnang, they were detained by the police in front of the lot with no number on the concrete road, Doeum Chan village, Chbar Ampov 2 commune.
The three young men are all 20 years old and live together in Doeum Chan village, Sangkat Chbar Ampov 2, Khan Chbar Ampov, Phnom Penh.

The suspects were remanded in custody at the Chbar Ampov police station to build a case to be sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for further proceedings.