Cambodia Destroys 7,200 Packs of Confiscated E-Cigarettes.

Jan.04.2023

Cambodian authorities burned 288 boxes of UOLO e-cigarettes in Phnom Penh after seizing them from a warehouse.

According to a report from the Khmer Times in Cambodia, the country's Ministry of Commerce's Consumer Protection and Anti-Fraud Department teamed up with the National Anti-Drug Authority to burn 288 boxes of UOLO e-cigarettes at a landfill site in Dangkor district of Phnom Penh. This is equivalent to 7,200 packs of e-cigarettes.

Heng Maly, Director General of Consumer Protection and Anti-Fraud, stated that the electronic cigarettes in question were confiscated on November 3, 2022 from a warehouse in compliance with a seizure and destruction order from the Phnom Penh prosecutor.

Following an investigation by the Comprehensive Department of the China Consumers' Association, 3600 packs of UOLO e-cigarettes, 1800 e-cigarette devices and 1800 e-cigarette mouthpieces were confiscated.

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