18Yo Boy Arrested Trafficking 24Kgs of "Ice" in Phnom Penh

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18Yo Boy Arrested Trafficking 24Kgs of "Ice" in Phnom Penh

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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On December 28, 2021, at 16:30 pm, an 18-year-old Vietnamese male, holding Cambodian citizenship, Ouch Lin, was arrested for smuggling 23.74kg of crystal methamphetamine (aka ICE) into Phnom Penh.
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The suspect was arrested by the police at the mermaid roundabout on OCIC Blvd., Sangkat Prek Leab, Khan Chroy Changvar.
The suspect and the evidence were detained for further investigation.
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victim or drug dealer? hard to know.
work is for people who cant find truffles
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truffledog wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:48 pm victim or drug dealer? hard to know.
Whats 24ks of ice worth ? (Rhetorical question. For sure it's way more than this kid could put together.)
Drug mule and fallguy IMO.
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I'm glad they caught this kingpin before he could deal his poison to everyone.
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All of these huge drug busts recently really makes one wonder just how much is actually out there undetected?
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What I continue to not understand is who the hell is giving an (in this case) 18 year old punk that amount of drugs to traffick? What's the street value of that??
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The Judge wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:40 pm What I continue to not understand is who the hell is giving an (in this case) 18 year old punk that amount of drugs to traffick? What's the street value of that??
Likely just told to bring the car from point A to point B. Doesn't have to know more. If caught the human resource cost is small, plenty of kids out there that can do simple errands.
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It makes one think "only a little" but that is a significant bust. All I can think whoever lost that can afford to lose it.
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The Judge wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:40 pm What I continue to not understand is who the hell is giving an (in this case) 18 year old punk that amount of drugs to traffick? What's the street value of that??
Around 100k USD
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Another tick in the Barcelona box for "druggies in football shirts" - I've lost track of the score!
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