Border Soldiers Arrested Moving Meth in Vietnam
Cambodia Daily | 17 October 2016
Two soldiers stationed along the border in Ratanakkiri province
were arrested on Saturday morning after crossing into Vietnam with 1 kilogram
of crystal methamphetamine, an official said on Sunday.
Provincial
anti-drug police chief Leang Im said the pair of soldiers were arrested by
Vietnamese border officials in Gia Lai province and were being held at a
detention center along the border. He said his attempt to visit them on Sunday
was unsuccessful.
“This afternoon I went into Vietnam and contacted the Vietnamese
side. They said they couldn’t allow us to meet yet,” Mr. Im said. “We have to
wait until they finish the investigation and they will inform us later.”
In a separate case,
a man who was attempting to traffic 16 kg of methamphetamine pills across the
border to Thailand was arrested in Preah Vihear province on Saturday night when
police stopped his car at a checkpoint to test drivers for illegal drugs,
officials said.
Soun Chalna, head
of the provincial police anti-drug bureau, said Kong Vich, 32, was caught with
145,440 meth pills in the trunk of his Toyota Camry when he was waved down by
officers on National Road 62 in Tbeng Meanchey district at about 10:35 p.m.
The drugs
originated from Laos, he said, and entered the country through a border
crossing in Stung Treng province, destined for Thailand via Pailin province.
Mr. Chalna said the
suspect was merely a drug mule and that a Thai national was likely in charge of
the operation. He estimated the value of the pills to be about $0.50 each,
meaning the pills in Mr. Vich’s trunk were worth about $73,000.
Provincial police
chief Sy Kiri said the pills had been confiscated, along with the Toyota Camry
and a samurai sword. He said the suspect would likely be sent to the provincial
court today.
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