Cambodian police arrest 7 Chinese and Taiwanese drug traffickers and seize more than 1,400 kilograms of drugs


Buth Reaksmey Kongkea 

Five Taiwanese men and two Chinese men were Thursday charged and detained by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in connection with drug possessing, producing and trafficking more than 70 kilograms of Ketamine, ice, and ecstasies committed in Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu province.                      

According to the court’s document obtained yesterday by the Khmer Times, the five  Taiwanese nationals were identified as Tien Chan Fu, 28; Khou Po Wen, 28; Teng Kou Ching, 39; Lin Yi Chheng, 31;  and Cho Shih Jie, 42. 

The two Chinese nationals were identified as Li Zhi, 27; and Peng Zheng Cheng, 31. 



They all were charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court with “drug produce, possession, transport and trafficking” under the Articles 38 and 40 of Cambodian Law on Drug Control.                                  

They are facing the punishment a life sentence in prison each if convicted.

National Police Deputy Chief in charge of the Chief of Anti-Drug Affairs General Mak Chito told Khmer Times yesterday that among them, Tien Chan Fu, Khou Po Wen, Teng Kou Ching, and Lin Yi Chheng were arrested on May 20 by police in the anti-drug department in the Ministry of Phnom Penh, in Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu province. 

General Chito said that police seized 40.51 kilograms of Ketamine, 1,425 kilograms of Ketamine substances and another 11 tons and 525 kilograms of chemical substances from them. 

He went on to say that Cho Shih Jie, Li Zhi, 27; and Peng Zheng Cheng were arrested on May 18 at their rental Condo in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, Niroth commune. 

He added that police seized more than 30 kilograms of ice, Ketamine and MDMA [ecstasies] as well as other related drug materials from their rental Cando. 








 




 




 

 

 

 

 


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