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According to the report, Cambodia’s Anti-Drug Department and Takeo provincial police carried out a raid in Bati district, Takeo, on April 2 against an armed group suspected of long-running drug trafficking. Seven suspects, including an alleged key leader, were arrested. Drugs and equipment were seized, including three handguns, ammunition and two electronic scales.
The report says suspects resisted arrest with firearms and exchanged heavy gunfire with officers, leaving two law-enforcement personnel seriously wounded by gunshots. They were urgently taken to hospital, where their injuries remained under observation.
According to preliminary investigators cited in the report, the group was tightly organised, had long operated in Takeo and was involved in drug crime across different areas, posing a serious threat. All those implicated have been detained, and investigation and legal proceedings are continuing. The report describes the operation as illustrating Cambodia’s continued efforts against armed drug trafficking.
