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Woman arrested at Cambodian airport with 2.6 kg cocaine disguised as candies

Xinhua, March 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Thai woman was arrested at the Phnom Penh International Airport for carrying about 2.6 kg of cocaine disguised as candies stuffed in chocolate cans, according to a report of the airport's customs office released to the media on Thursday.

The woman arrived in Phnom Penh via Qatar Airways flight QR970 from Doha late Wednesday afternoon, the report said, adding that she, along with the seized drug, was handed over to the Anti-Drug Department for legal action.

Cambodia has no death sentence for drug traffickers, under its law, a person who traffics more than 80 grams of drug will be facing life imprisonment.

The Southeast Asian country saw a sharp rise in drug arrests in 2015. According to the National Authority for Combating Drugs, about 7,008 drug suspects had been caught last year with the seizures of some 1,620 kg of drugs including marijuana, heroin, cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and methamphetamine. Enditem