Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
- CEOCambodiaNews
- Expatriate
- Posts: 41867
- Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
- Reputation: 2448
- Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Contact:
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): A French woman, CHARLENE SAVARINO , who was charged with smuggling drugs in 2013, at the age of 19, and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, has been deported back to France.
The 5 suspects who were involved in the drug smuggling ring were identified as:
1. NWOKO PRECIOUS CHINEME, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment and 80 million riel penalty.
2. SAVARINO CHARLENE, a 19-year-old (at the time of arrest )French woman, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment and 50 million riel penalty.
3. TAYLOR YOSHE ANN, a 41-year-old Australian woman, sentenced to 23 years imprisonment and 80 million riel penalty.
4. OJUKWU TOJUKWO MATINS, a Nigerian man, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment and 80 million riel penalty.
5. ASEMOTA JUSTICE OSAHENI, a Nigerian man, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment and 50 million riel penalty.
The police confiscated two packs of drugs weighing 2.2 kg.

At the time of the arrests, the Australian woman had attempted to leave Cambodia on a flight to Australia, but she was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on November 18, 2013. After questioning, the police arrested another suspect named PRECIOUS CHINEME NWOKO, in a rented house in Sangkat Psar Deum Thkov, Khan Chamkarmorn. CHARLENE SAVARINO was accused of working with PRECIOUS CHINEME NWOKO to send YOSHE ANN TAYLOR to Australia as a drug mule. The two other Nigerian men who ran away to escape were later captured.
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Google+
Instagram
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
YouTube
Google+
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
[Off topic] Immigration officers start to be pretty
Who is ready for a passeport control ? 


It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.
- SternAAlbifrons
- Expatriate
- Posts: 4445
- Joined: Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:31 am
- Reputation: 2614
- Location: Gilligan's Island
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
^^^ Savarino Charlene deported. ???
It seems odd.
IF true, the French must have been doing some pretty smooth negotiating.
But why would they do that?
- it seems to me she was pretty obviously guilty as charged, and she never won any appeal against her conviction or sentence.
She was actively involved in deceiving and "setting up" innocent dumb dupes, at terrible risk to them.
It seems odd.
IF true, the French must have been doing some pretty smooth negotiating.
But why would they do that?
- it seems to me she was pretty obviously guilty as charged, and she never won any appeal against her conviction or sentence.
She was actively involved in deceiving and "setting up" innocent dumb dupes, at terrible risk to them.
- Phnom Poon
- Expatriate
- Posts: 1498
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:44 pm
- Reputation: 738
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
is that definitely the case?SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:21 pm ^^^ Savarino Charlene deported. ???
It seems odd.
She was actively involved in deceiving and "setting up" innocent dumb dupes, at terrible risk to them.
is that true?
are there some dots to connect here?Owner Luigi Savarino – who was born to Sicilian parents in Grenoble, France
https://phnompenhpost.com/post-life-foo ... a-its-star
.
monstra mihi bona!
- John Bingham
- Expatriate
- Posts: 8917
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:26 pm
- Reputation: 4570
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian

Not Traffic Police, it's Department of Prisons (under Ministry of Interior).
Silence, exile, and cunning.
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
I stand corrected. Thanks, JB.
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
If it's the Australian man that I'm thinkin of; he made it back to Australia & was acquitted.CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:03 pm Cambodia News (Phnom Penh):
Before the incident, the Australian man attempted to leave Cambodia to Australia, but he was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on November 18, 2013. After questioning, the police arrested another suspect named PIRECIOUS CHINEME NWOKO, in a rented house in Sangkat Psar Deum Thkov, Khan Chamkarmorn. On that day, two Nigerian men ran away to escape.
Yet this information wasn't relayed to the appropriate competent authorities in Cambodia; relating to Yoshe Taylor who was caught in Cambodia.
Who writes this stuff

- Phnom Poon
- Expatriate
- Posts: 1498
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:44 pm
- Reputation: 738
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
didn't the tipoff come from oz?
i guess they read all the emails
and then they forgot to tell the kompetents they had a dupe?
.
monstra mihi bona!
Re: Australian drug smuggler sentenced to 23 years in Cambodian
Yeah that's it!Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:43 pmdidn't the tipoff come from oz?
i guess they read all the emails
and then they forgot to tell the kompetents they had a dupe?
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 1 Replies
- 1101 Views
-
Last post by Username Taken
-
- 0 Replies
- 676 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 11 Replies
- 2354 Views
-
Last post by phuketrichard
-
- 19 Replies
- 1175 Views
-
Last post by samrong01
-
- 5 Replies
- 879 Views
-
Last post by Doc67
-
- 2 Replies
- 511 Views
-
Last post by SternAAlbifrons
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: armchairlawyer, barang_TK, harapanjaya2, Ingvar 7788, jaggop, Jamie_Lambo, joelightcloud, John Bingham, La Quenta, lipservice, Lost50, LoukBongThom, lurcio, MAGA, magicmike, Matty9999, paul2d, Phnom Poon, Robins, siliconlife, steelyRon, Stiliko, truffledog, Woody and 818 guests