Phnom Penh, March 31, 2016 (Xinhua/NAN) A Thai woman was arrested at the Phnom Penh International Airport for carrying 2.6 kilogrammes of cocaine, a report of the airport’s customs office said on Thursday.
The report said that the woman arrived in Phnom Penh via Qatar Airways flight QR970 from Doha on Wednesday with the substance disguised as candies and stuffed in chocolate cans.
It added that she, along with the seized drug, had been handed over to the Anti-Drug Department for legal action.
Report says Cambodia has no death sentence for drug traffickers under its law; a person who traffics more than 80 grams of drug, when convicted, gets life imprisonment.
The Southeast Asian country saw a sharp rise in drug arrests in 2015.
According to the National Authority for Combating Drugs, no fewer than 7,008 drug suspects were caught in 2015, with 1,620 kg of drugs including marijuana, heroin, cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and methamphetamine seized. (Xinhua/NAN)