2kg arrest leads to 50kg drug bust

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Arrest leads to 50 kilo drug bust
19 May 2017
Police netted more than 50 kilos of methamphetamine and heroin after a routine arrest led to the discovery of a massive haul of drugs at a house in Phnom Penh.

Interior Ministry officers on Wednesday night detained two men near Central Market after catching them with 2kg of drugs. The suspects confessed under questioning and told officers they had bought the drugs from a house in front of Samroang Andet pagoda in Sen Sok district.
Police raided the house, found a further 50kg of drugs, and arrested a man employed to guard the property.
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Oknha Nabbed In 50 Kg Drug Bust
May 19, 2017
An oknha arrested at a hotel he owns in Ratanakkiri province was linked on Friday to the seizure of 50 kg of heroin and methamphetamine that was discovered during a series of busts across Phnom Penh this week, police said.

Syla Loy, identified as an oknha, an honorific bestowed upon wealthy business people who make hefty donations to the government, was arrested on Thursday at his Ratanak Sambath Hotel in the provincial capital of Bunlung City, according to Phen Dina, deputy provincial police chief...
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ImageImageRatanak Sombath Hotel, Banlung

Loun Sopha was also arrested as the alleged drug courier, who brought the drugs from Laos.
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The police confiscated 15kg of heroin, 12kg of crystal meth (ice) and 29kg of WY-pills. The drugs are worth more than 1M USD.
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straight back into circulation no doubt
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Must be a very profitable hotel he owns to be able to buy drugs worth over $1 million .

And be able to buy a Oknha-ship for $100,000.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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The land under the hotel must be worth at least a million at Banlung land prices. Banlung is a "boom-town", as long as the trees last. Land prices in town are crazy-high.

For the moment they figure they can make eco-tourism co-exist with illegal logging. :facepalm:
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Bust uncovers international trafficking ring
22 May 2017
Police on Saturday paraded two suspects and more than 60 kilos of methamphetamine and heroin at a press conference to highlight their crackdown on drugs.
Lieutenant General Mak Chito, deputy national police chief in charge of drug crime, identified the suspects as Loun Sopha, 30, and Sy Laloy, 42, owner of Ratanak Sambath Hotel in Ratanakkiri.

“This case is related to drug possession and drug trafficking,” Mr Chito said, adding the drugs came from Laos and were to be distributed to a third county via Cambodia.
“The group in this case had been organising their network for four to five months,” he said. “We cracked down on the Cambodian ringleaders.”
Mr Chito said anti-drug police were still investigating other suspects abroad and would cooperate with international forces to apprehend them.

Mr Chito said Cambodia treated drug suspects well, unlike some countries in the region that simply shot them...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38571 ... king-ring/
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