Kampot Police Official Arrested for Drug Possession
09 April 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE - Confiscated drugs burned during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —
A Kampot deputy police chief and two other suspects have been arrested and sent to court for allegedly trafficking two kilograms of methamphetamine.
Im Chhun, Kampot’s deputy police chief, and two accomplices – Keo Tith Mesa, a police officer, and a civilian named Hong Kea - were the targets of a police raid on April 6 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, according to a National Police official. Officers confiscated 1.7 kilograms of methamphetamine during the raid.