PHNOM PENH:  , Cambodia on Friday ( Jun 14 ) burned more than four tonnes of illegal drugs, worth nearly US$ 70 million, as it intensifies a crackdown on narcotic trafficking.
Thai authorities burned the drugs, including morphine, meth, heroin, methamphetamine and chemical substances, at a brick oven under the shield of dozens of military forces.
The 4.1 tonnes of drugs were estimated to be worth about US$ 67 million, according to Meas Virith, secretary general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs ( NACD ).
” If the government failed to acquire these medicines, millions of people would have been victimised”, he said, adding the Thai government has ramped up efforts to combat drug smuggling.