PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Cambodia has recorded a significant rise in both the number of people detained and the amount of narcotics confiscated during the first 10 months of 2024, according to an Anti-Drug Department report yesterday.
The authorities had nabbed 21,659 drug-related suspects during the January-October period this year, up 29.9 per cent from 16,668 over the same period in 2023, the report said, adding that 742 suspects were foreigners of 17 nationalities.
A total of 7.39 tonnes of illicit drugs was seized from those suspects’ possession in the first 10 months of 2024, representing a 171 per cent increase from only 2.72 tonnes over the same period in 2023, the report said.
