PHNOM PENH, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had apprehended 10,487 drug-related suspects in the first five months of 2025, up 12 percent from 9,369 over the same period last year, said an Anti-Drug Department (ADP)'s report released on Monday.
Among them are 250 foreigners, including 20 women, the report said.
A total of 1.78 tons of illicit drugs had been confiscated from those suspects' possession during the January-May period this year, down 62 percent from 4.71 tons over the same period last year, according to the report.
Also, the authorities had impounded 25 pistols, 14 rifles, 83 cars, 1,015 motorcycles, 3,635 telephones and 353 scales, as well as some cash during the raids this year, the report added.
Most of the confiscated narcotics included ketamine, ecstasy, heroin, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, and cathinone, among others.
The Southeast Asian nation has no death sentence for illicit drug traffickers. Under its law, those found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be imprisoned for life. ■
