Danish woman arrested in Cambodia for headache tablet smuggling
Posted : Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:45:00 GMT
Author : DPA
Phnom Penh - A Danish woman faces drug smuggling charges in Cambodia
after she was arrested at the post office allegedly trying to post
thousands of tablets containing codeine, a police official said
Friday. The secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating
Drugs, Lou Ramin, said Axelexen Johanne Vinther, 45, attracted the
suspicion of postal workers at the capital's main post office earlier
this week.
Police investigated and allegedly found she was attempting to post
10,761 tablets containing codeine, which is a restricted substance in
most Western countries, he said.
"This is not an unusual case - foreigners try to post drugs all the
time and we have had many cases such as this," Police General Ramin
said. "This is now a matter for the court."
Several African men are currently serving jail terms in Cambodia for
attempting to send heroin through the post. However, arrests for
posting pharmaceuticals are far less common.
Codeine remains legal to buy and sell across the counter without
prescription in Cambodia, but not to post in bulk overseas.
If convicted, Vinther faces up to 20 years in jail.
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