Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cambodian drug haul nets 7 million flu pills

Dec 28, 2010
AFP

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIAN police on Tuesday said they had seized nearly 7 million flu tablets that could be used to make illegal drugs and arrested seven people in a large raid in the capital.

The pills, which had been imported into the kingdom without a licence, contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine, a decongestant and stimulant in wide use around the world.

National police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told AFP unlicensed importation of the pills was illegal and the pseudoephedrine could be chemically altered to produce methamphetamine.

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