Police confiscate ecstacy ingredientPhnom Penh Post

Police confiscated nearly 600 litres of safrole from a truck on Friday in Kampong Chhnang province’s Rolea Ba’ier district. Safrole is an oily liquid used to make the drug ecstasy. Chin Sophat, director of the provincial economic police, said the driver had fled the scene after police uncovered the safrole. “We will find the owner of the truck because we have the license plate number,” he said.

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