Camboya: la guerra contra las drogas atrapa a cientos de personas

Más de 400 personas han sido detenidas por delitos de drogas desde que se inició, el día de Año Nuevo, una nueva campaña represiva contra los estupefacientes, una medida que los expertos consideran contraproducente.

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More than 400 people have been arrested for drug crimes since a new six-month narcotics crackdown started on New Year’s Day, police said yesterday, though a rehabilitation expert called the campaign “another attempt at a war on drugs” that was destined to fail.

A total of 409 people have been arrested in 145 cases since police began the campaign on January 1, according to the Interior Ministry’s secretariat chief, Kim Khoeun, who is overseeing the program. Khoeun said he expected far more arrests in the coming days.

“This is just the start of the campaign, and we are not yet reaching the whole country. In the first week, we have a good result,” he said, adding that 233 of those arrested were traffickers, 173 were users and three worked cutting drugs with other substances.

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