Multimedia: Cambodia drug burn

Release Date: Sunday, February 07 2010, 12:00 AM

With a need to assist in the world wide war on drugs the AFP sent their best to Cambodia earlier this year for the destruction of close to 15 tonnes of pre-cursor material.

On the Streets the safrole oil had a potential value of up to six billion dollars when manufactured into MDMA or Ecstasy.

The AFP's SRATS teams had the job of overseeing the burn taking along some new technology which would lessen the impact of the burn on the environment.

With the assistance of the Cambodian government the team worked around the clock over a week to destroy all the pre-cursor delivered to the site in Battambang.

The event kicked off with a public ceremonial burn attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and the Australian ambassador.

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Cambodian Burn - A big crowd on hand for the Drug Burn In Battambang View

Cambodian Burn

A big crowd on hand for the Drug Burn In Battambang

Set Up - The burners are in place and ready to go View

Set Up

The burners are in place and ready to go

Safrole Oil - Up to 15 tonnes ready for destruction View

Safrole Oil

Up to 15 tonnes ready for destruction

Burners on Fire - Some new technology in action View

Burners on Fire

Some new technology in action

The Big Burn - The pre-cursor destruction begins View

The Big Burn

The pre-cursor destruction begins

Burn Underway - The new technology begins to take effect View

Burn Underway

The new technology begins to take effect

On lookout - The SRATS team kept a close watch on the burn View

On lookout

The SRATS team kept a close watch on the burn

Doing the Job - With this burn there was a lot less smoke and impact on the environment View

Doing the Job

With this burn there was a lot less smoke and impact on the environment

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Cambodia drug burn View

Drug burn

AFP coverage of the Cambodian drug burn