A suspected drug dealer arrested this week with seven packages of marijuana on his person in Preah Sihanouk province was on Wednesday sent to pretrial detention, a local police chief confirmed yesterday.

“The suspect was caught with 70 grams of marijuana,” said Preah Sihanouk town deputy police chief Chum Sokunthear yesterday, adding that suspect Van Sayoin was sent to the provincial court, where the prosecutor charged and detained him.

Sayoin was caught hawking weed on the beach in Sihanoukville, Sokunthear said.

The marijuana was reportedly bought for $60 from a different dealer. Sayoin was trying to sell marijuana to visiting foreigners, but was busted before he could turn a profit.

Obviously a beginner if he was selling to police in sunglasses instead of barangs with dreads...

“The suspect was caught with 70 grams of marijuana"

Thank God. I need no longer fear for my safety and for the souls of those yet unborn in Kompong Som.

1 thing I've noticed is that locals are stopping at red lights occasionally now, even when there's no cops hiding. It's not all bad.

wackyjacky wrote:1 thing I've noticed is that locals are stopping at red lights occasionally now, even when there's no cops hiding. It's not all bad.

I was in Sihanoukville a few week ago. I stopped at the traffic light along with a few other people, some didn't and stared at us strangely. I guess they might thought that how stupid we were to stop as there was no cars or motorbikes crossing.

As i remembered Sihanoukville started to have traffic light since i was studying in high school there.

Yes, it's kind of weird, when you stop at a red light here you wonder if you are doing the wrong thing. I look in my mirror first to make sure there isn't someone behind me that's going to go through.

Back home stopping at red lights is one of the best survival strategies known, and also saves you a fortune in fines.

It would be good if the cops actually started following the laws and setting an example.

in the day time in sihanoukville the vast majority of people stop at red lights on the main road in downtown, even the motos..
but at night time... theres 3 rules
1. if its green...GO
2. if its red...GO
3. if its red but theres traffic coming...Beep your horn and GO

its very risky stopping at red lights in sihanoukville at night, the risk of a big 4x4 coming up your arse at speed is quite high, ive seen a couple of bodies sprawled out in a pile of blood at a junction with a moto stuck under a 4x4, right at the bit where your meant to stop, now i never stop at a red

If you stop at a red light at night in S'ville then 1/ look behind you and 2/ stay by the curb in case you need to clear out.
Thanks Jaimie. Each Cambodian place has it's own special rules.
It's true that sometimes people stop at red lights in the daytime but not always. A good rule is just to do like everyone else, and to watch your back. (You really don't want to get run over by a SUV.)

In Snooky I'm usually the only one stopped at the red light, unless the police have set up their beer fund stops at the light. Even the police have gone around me to run the red lights in motorcycles and the new tourist-police truck. It does help to have an old Toyota Landmonster to block my lane of traffic and arrant motos wouldn't leave much of a dent if they hit me.

I wonder what would happen it they started impounding motos/cars of drivers without licenses, for reckless driving and the such, and start traffic enforcement at night. I blame the lazy police in Snooky for the reckless driving I see everyday. It all comes down from the head honcho. Get out and enforce the driving laws (for everyone), hit them in the pocketbook, and there would be a lot less accidents. How many of those I see driving stupid on motos have licenses or for that matter drivers of the clapped out trucks. You can bet the drivers of those one lung diesel farm tractors I see driving in town don't have licenses and/or know the traffic laws.

Anchor Moy wrote:If you stop at a red light at night in S'ville then 1/ look behind you and 2/ stay by the curb in case you need to clear out.
Thanks Jaimie. Each Cambodian place has it's own special rules.
It's true that sometimes people stop at red lights in the daytime but not always. A good rule is just to do like everyone else, and to watch your back. (You really don't want to get run over by a SUV.)

yeah i just go with the flow of traffic in the daytime, if no ones stopping then im not either haha the only reason why i would stop would be due to the police check points near by and/or the junction being really busy

tbh i have actually noticed the past few weeks of the lack of police stops anywhere ive not seen any police for some time, i did catch 2 but they were just sat under a umbrella not really taking notice of anything and certainly wasnt pulling anyone over

I had my lights on yesterday & they got me over past Charlie Harper's. All I had was a 10 & the fucker tried to keep it. I've had trouble with this asshole before. He's a lighter thin faced Viet looking guy with good English. I grabbed back my 10 from where he hid it, walked over to the bakery across the street, gave him a dollar, & drove off.