News:2002-10-26/Report/cambodia-daily-investigation-stung-treng-is-busiest-transit-point-for-golden-triangle-heroin-worldwide-busts-h
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26 October 2002
Report
Cambodia·Stung Treng··Voeun Kham village
Cambodia Daily investigation: Stung Treng is busiest transit point for Golden Triangle heroin; "worldwide busts have fingered Cambodia's massive cannabis exports"
Lengthy Cambodia Daily investigation from Voeun Kham village on the Lao-Cambodian border documented Stung Treng province as the primary gateway for Golden Triangle heroin entering Cambodia. Hundreds of kilograms of heroin and thousands of methamphetamine pills were passing through the province. The heroin route ran from Stung Treng → Kratie → Kompong Cham → overland into Vietnam → by sea or air to Australia, New Zealand, US, and Canada. The article noted that "worldwide busts have fingered Cambodia's massive cannabis exports, but heroin hauls are much less common." Former illegal loggers had turned to drug smuggling after logging bans. Interior Ministry anti-narcotics chief Pich Chivorn confirmed drug smuggling volumes had increased yearly, with 2001–2002 being "a bonanza." Drugs were concealed in Lao coffee shipments transported by river to Cambodian ports. A US DEA 2001 intelligence report confirmed heroin entered Cambodia from Laos via Mekong River boats into Stung Treng.