Cambodia burns £55m of seized illegal drugs

Cambodian officers burn drugs inside a brick kiln during a drug destruction ceremony (Heng Sinith/AP)

Cambodian authorities on Friday destroyed more than seven tons of illicit drugs and the ingredients for them, as a drug-fighting official said educating people about their danger is the best way of combating the illegal trade.

Some 4.1 tonnes of the destroyed items were drugs including heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy and ketamine that had been confiscated from traffickers across the country, the National Authority for Combating Drugs said.