Thursday, 24 May 2012
By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
Phnom Penh Post
An assistant to RCAF’s Cabinet of General Command and his wife have
been arrested by anti-drug police for their alleged involvement in
trafficking in the capital, a senior police official said yesterday.
General Khieu Saman, director of the Anti-Drug Department of the Ministry of Interior,
said that Major Oung Thavry, 45, and his wife, Chhom Chantheary, 32,
were arrested in a Tuesday night raid on their rental house in Dangkor
district’s Choam Chao commune.
According to Khieu Saman, the raid was the result of a months-long investigation into Oung Thavry’s activities.
“They
were arrested by our police forces while they were distributing drugs
to other drug suspects in their house,” he told the Post. “Three other
drug suspects successfully escaped from the house during the raid.”
Police
recovered a package of heroin, a bag of marijuana, hundreds of ecstasy
and methamphetamine pills and other drug-related materials from the
suspects’ home.
“We now are working hard in seeking the arrest
of the other remaining suspects who escaped from the house during the
raid,” said Khieu Saman. “We already know their identities.”
He declined to reveal the names of the other suspects.
Oung
Thavry and his wife are now being detained for questioning and further
investigation at the Ministry of Interior, authorities say.
They will be sent to court on Tuesday to be officially charged.
Neither the suspects, nor Ministry of National Defence spokespeople, could be reached for comment.
To contact the reporter on this story: Buth Reaksmey Kongkea at reaksmeykongkea.buth@phnompenhpost.com
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