Cambodian officials in Koh Lung’s Stung Treng province managed to cease a boat carrying cocaine from Laos to their territory at 7pm Wednesday. Border police searched the vessel and located 10 sacks containing one hundred seventy packs of cocaine. Reports in local media don’t clarify how many kilograms every pack weighs.
According to the Stung Treng Provincial Police Commissioner, Ot Sivutha, authorities have been patrolling the river close to the Cambodia-Laos border and found the boat suspicious. When officers raided the boat, no one was on board.
Lifetime had been confiscated and transferred to the police station, and the authorities have launched an investigation to determine who was involved and make arrests.
Last month, more than 300 kilograms of medication had been seized in Koh Kong, which were mentioned to have originated in Laos and have been en path to Thailand..