Phnom Penh: The National Police General Force launched an operation to crack down on illegal drugs by arresting three female suspects along with four types of drugs weighing about 150 kilograms in Phnom Penh and Kandal Province.

On the morning of May 21, 2023, General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, confirmed that the operation was carried out on May 20, 2023 by the Anti-Drug Department of the National Police.

General Khieu Sopheak confirmed that during the drug crackdown operation, the specialized police force arrested three female suspects and confiscated four types of drugs weighing a total of 150 kilograms and a car.

The general also said that the National Police is currently conducting a search to arrest the ringleaders and their accomplices.

They look like junkies who were being paid in ice to guard the massive stash.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 2:51 pm They look like junkies who were being paid in ice to guard the massive stash.

Yes, pitiful. Certainly not the "masterminds".
Even so, they could get 30 years for guarding that lot.

UPDATE
According to this news item today, the three women are going to be tried and judged as the principle drug traffickers of nearly 200 kilograms of illegal imported narcotics which were found in Phnom Penh, and as such, the three accused are likely to be given a life sentence if found guilty.

May 23, 2023
Three women arrested with medley of drugs for distribution
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea / Khmer Times
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged and detained three women for allegedly possessing and trafficking nearly 194 kilogrammes of Meth, MDMA, Nimetazepam, Heroin and Ketamine in the capital.

Anti-Drug Department Police Officer Lieutenant Colonel Yun Sareth named the three women as Im Sreypov, 38; Los Neth, 38; and Seng Kunthy, 44.

Lt Col Sareth said that the three were charged with “drug possession, transport and trafficking” under Article 40 of the Law on Drugs Control and face a life sentence each if convicted.

The women were arrested on May 20 by police in the Anti-Drug Department in the Ministry of Interior in collaboration with police in Sen Sok and Dangkor districts, he added.

Their arrests came after they had transported drugs from the Cambodian-Laotian Border in Stung Treng province to their houses in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune and in Dangkor district’s Prey Veng commune, with the aim of distribution to users in Phnom Penh, Svay Rieng and Kandal provinces, he said.

After their arrest, police seized just under 194 kilogrammes of heroin, meth, MDMA, ketamine and nimetazepam, along with 23.21 kilogrammes of drug making ingredients and other related materials from them, he added.
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John Bingham wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 2:51 pm They look like junkies who were being paid in ice to guard the massive stash.

Can you show the pic?

UPDATE

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On the afternoon of 26 May 2023, a judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided to detain three woman who were arrested for trafficking a total of nearly 200 kilograms of drugs. Current information is that the drugs were brought into Cambodia through the land border with Laos, but the investigation is on-going.

Please note that this case is linked to other drug trafficking arrests which occurred between 20-25 May 2023, involving 3 men and 246 kilograms of drugs: newsworthy/246-kilo-international-drug- ... 55065.html. These arrests were part of a series of targeted drug raids in Phnom Penh and Kandal province by Cambodian police, which have so far reportedly netted around a total of 440 kilograms of illegal drugs, chiefly methamphetamine and heroin, but also MDMA, ketamine, and other substances.


A. Detained 3 suspects:
1. Name: Seng Kunny, female, 44 years old, Khmer, date of birth: 1979.
2. Name: Im Srey Pov, female, 38 years old, Khmer, date of birth: 1985.
3. Name: Las Neth, female, 39 years old, Khmer, date of birth: 1984.
B. Drug exhibits:
1- Heroin (HEROINE) weight 138 kg 585.75 grams
2- Extraction (MDMA) weight 4 kg 161.53 grams
3- METHAMPHETAMINE weighing 46 kg 62 grams
4-Ketamine (KETAMINE) weight 4 kilograms 326.93 grams
5. NIMETAZEPAM weighs 772.20 grams

Total identified drug weight: 193908.41 grams (193 kg 908.41 grams)
Additional weight of an unclear substance: 23.21 grams.