PHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Monday burned down 7.62 tons of drugs and illegal substances to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, officials said.

Gen. Chuon Sovann, vice chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), set fire to the drugs at a ceremony held on the southern outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh.

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