American and Finnish Nationals Amongst Several Foreigners Arrested in Huge Sihanoukville MDMA Drug Bust

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the khmer hooker looks way to happy, probly sold em out SEA is snitch central.
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2000rielpineapples wrote:the khmer hooker looks way to happy, probly sold em out SEA is snitch central.
Jesus, do you have to make your inane comments on every thread?
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hanno wrote:
2000rielpineapples wrote:the khmer hooker looks way to happy, probly sold em out SEA is snitch central.
Jesus, do you have to make your inane comments on every thread?

asked and answered....

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The_Notorious_N.E.D. wrote: So ... No. These are not chemists. They were most likely just importing the drugs from elsewhere in a crystalline/powder form and making them more marketable or easier to sell by pressing them into tablets.
I doubt the authorities will recognize that distinction. It will still be considered narcotic production/ trafficking.
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John Bingham wrote:
The_Notorious_N.E.D. wrote: So ... No. These are not chemists. They were most likely just importing the drugs from elsewhere in a crystalline/powder form and making them more marketable or easier to sell by pressing them into tablets.
I doubt the authorities will recognize that distinction. It will still be considered narcotic production/ trafficking.
Undoubtedly, but I'm not their lawyer and they aren't my friends or even people I'm remotely acquainted with, so their ultimate fates within the Cambodian criminal justice system was never a concern of mine particularly. I was just noting what was actually taking place as a matter of trivia or simply out of a personal love of accuracy whenever possible. They'll get convicted of manufacturing and quite possibly receive 30 year sentences, all of them. There have been folks who were caught with a lot less evidence than the collection pictured who've gotten stitched up like that, even people who were obviously just users or small-time dealers in the manner that most users end up being at one point or another ... If you've got a scale or multiple bags in your possession, regardless of the weight of the narcotics, you can and will get nailed to the cross for it. Mercy has never been featured very prominently in Khmer culture, I've noted.

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Big operation but more likely making crystal meth tablets or a related RC. Not MDMA by what is listed nor is MDMA an amphetamine
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The news of this drug bust has made it to Finland, as quite a few hits are coming from there.
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stramash wrote:Big operation but more likely making crystal meth tablets or a related RC. Not MDMA by what is listed nor is MDMA an amphetamine
methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA)
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Khartoum wrote:
stramash wrote:Big operation but more likely making crystal meth tablets or a related RC. Not MDMA by what is listed nor is MDMA an amphetamine
methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA)
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