Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On August 12, 2020, at 9 pm, the police arrested two foreigners, a Chinese man and a Thai woman for drug trafficking at Diamond One condo, in Koh Pich, Sangkat Tonle Basac, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh.

The police said the department of anti-drug made an investigation and a Chinese man was arrested in Khan Chroy Chanvar with some drugs. After questioning him, the police went to the 7th-floor building at Diamond One condo in Koh Pich and arrested a Thai woman. Then suddenly, some shooting broke out as another suspect fired gunshots against the police. The police took the Thai woman and sent her to the car. After that, the drug traffickers used an AK 47 to shoot at the police, trying to release their team.

The police then radioed for back up. So then, Mr. Khoung Sreng, the deputy governor, arrived on the scene with special forces to arrest both suspects and take them awayfor questioning.

August 14, 2020
Shootout during raid: Suspect fires shots at anti-drug police

Interior Ministry police on Wednesday arrested a Chinese national and a Thai woman following an exchange of gunfire during an anti- drug raid in the capital’s Chamkar Mon district.

[In the first case,] General Mok Chito, Deputy National Police Chief in charge of the drugs crackdown, told Khmer Times yesterday that another Thai man, who is at large, had fired shots at police during the anti-drug raid.

He said that on Wednesday, police from the ministry’s Anti-Drug Department, led by a Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor, raided the unit which was rented by the three foreigners in Koh Pich area of the capital’s Chamkar Mon district.

“During the raid, when our police forces pushed open the unit’s door, the Thai man, fired about seven shots at them and they returned fire,” Gen Chito said. “Fortunately, no one was hit in the exchange of gunfire.”

“After our forces returned fire, the Thai man threw his gun on the floor and jumped from the balcony onto the roof of a nearby house and fled,” he added.

Gen Chito said that the raid was made after the three suspects had sold drugs to an undercover police officer who posed as a drug dealer.

He said police seized nine packages of ketamine weighing more than one kilogramme, one pistol, some drug-producing materials and drug-processing equipment from the rental unit.

“During the raid, the suspects had flushed some drugs down the toilet in order to destroy evidence, and police seized the remainder,” Gen Chito said.

He said according to police investigation, the three suspects were distributors who sold drugs to foreigners in Phnom Penh. They smuggled drugs through the Cambodian-Lao border in Stung Treng province.

Gen Chito said that suspects also processed drugs in Phnom Penh for sale to users in neighbouring countries or abroad.

“Police now are still hunting the suspect who fled as well as other gang members,” he said.
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Cambodia News, Phnom Penh: On August 12, 2020 at 7:20 AM Special Forces (A10) of the Department of Anti-Drug Department in collaboration with the specialized force of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police and with the coordination of Deputy Prosecutor Oum Sopheak, investigated and cracked down on two targets:
1 • At the point of Street 143 near the roundabout of Sampov Meas Market, Sangkat Veal Vong, Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh .
2 • Room 0721 of Diamond One condominium near Koh Pich Center in Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon.

During the operation, one of the masterminds, a Chinese man, came out of the condo room at Koh Pich and fired 5-6 pistol shots at our forces. Our authorities responded in self-defense, causing the perpetrator to escape. He is currently being sought by police.
Results:
A: Two people were arrested:
1 • Name: YI RISHI, Male, Chinese
2. Name: YAVALAK KETSAI, female, Thai nationality.
B • Capture exhibits:
1 • Drugs of methamphetamine and ketamine, weighing 1953. 23grammes.
- Chemical compound weight 201 grams 96.
2 • 1 CaL9mmPAK handgun - 15 rounds and 5 shell casings.
3 • 7 drug scales
And materials: processing and packaging of some drugs.
4 • 1 TUNDRA truck - 3 mobile phones.

CEO News notes: The shooter is identified as Chinese in this report, but as a Thai in the original post.

SERIOUS SHITTY HERE!!!
Where's the AK47 gun? Why no photo besides the drugs and weighing machines???

ssian wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:29 am SERIOUS SHITTY HERE!!!
Where's the AK47 gun? Why no photo besides the drugs and weighing machines???

The weapon used was a 9mm pistol:
"During the operation, one of the masterminds, a Chinese man, came out of the condo room at Koh Pich and fired 5-6 pistol shots at our forces. Our authorities responded in self-defense, causing the perpetrator to escape. He is currently being sought by police."

Weapon recovered is listed as: 1 CaL9mmPAK handgun - 15 rounds and 5 shell casings.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:30 pm The Keystone Cops meet some serious villains and let them escape. Idiots...

These two would have sorted it out....

I have been told, in another place, the local police wont take on the drug traffickers, and basically let them do as they want. They will only do something when they have additional backup from other places.

This is the reason why.

" a Chinese man, came out of the condo room at Koh Pich and fired 5-6 pistol shots at our forces. Our authorities responded in self-defense, causing the perpetrator to escape "

When I read this, I thought it would carry on to say the police had returned fire and killed the suspect. Sounds like they ran off and hid instead until the suspect had escaped