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Interpol fugitive Dewi Astutik was secured in the lobby of a hotel in Sihanoukville,
Cambodia
, after he was involved in the case of two tons of crystal methamphetamine worth IDR 5 trillion.
Dewi was arrested on Monday (1/12) and BNN revealed the large-scale arrest of an international drug network against Dewi, who was suspected to be the main actor in the case.
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Sihanoukville, the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province is a no-go area known for illegal activities such as drug smuggling, illegal gambling, human trafficking, and online fraud by organized crime groups.
The Cambodian coastal city is synonymous with reports of online scams that enslave people, mostly from China and around Southeast Asia.
They scam people all over the world and are thought to make billions of dollars for criminals.
Cambodian authorities also say it houses illegal weapons, prostitution and money laundering.
Previously, they said they had found as many as 500 foreign nationals in the Sihanoukville complex in September 2022, as quoted
Cambodia News
.
This area has also been a location for arrests by local authorities due to drug smuggling.
The arrest took place at a rented house in Sihanoukville, with evidence of drugs worth 1.5 tonnes, as quoted
CNA
.
In December 2022, the secretary general of the National Drug Eradication Agency (BPPN), Meas Virith, said that 886 kilograms of drugs had been confiscated by the local police.
At that time, the crime group was transporting drugs for export in Sihanoukville commune 1.
Preah Sihanouk authorities also seized more than 900 kilograms in the province and trafficked by five Chinese nationals, as quoted
Cambodianness
.
Cambodian authorities have also made arrests related to online fraud or scams in the region.
Launching the site
Al Jazeera
, a number of workers were promised good jobs, but instead they faced torture and even death if they tried to escape.
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