8 foreigners sent to the court when unpacking the drug bag

Phnom Penh: According to KAMPUCHEA THMEY DAILY, 8 foreigners (Nigerian) were sent to the municipal court of Phnom Penh this morning around 9:30 am on 13 August 2015 when unpacking the drug bag and it needed to be done before the offenders.

All 8 suspects were busted by Cambodian police during February, 2015 in Phnom Penh city during the raid of drug-related crime in Cambodia.
During the busting, police confiscated some drugs from them. Following the Cambodia legal procedure, judge ordered to bring them to the court when unpacking the drug bag as the court needs their presence and recognition on exhibits that confiscated from them.









Engrish:

Presume that these are the same 8 Nigerians that were arrested for drugs in Febuary 2015, and asked to unpack their drug bag before the court in August 2015 :

8 Nigerians jailed up to 8 years in Cambodia for drug trafficking
Published: 12/09/2016 12:14

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 12 (FN) — Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted eight Nigerian nationals of drug trafficking and sentenced them to five to eight years in prison, said a verdict.

The eight men "were charged with illegally trafficking drug substances under the Article 40 of the Law on Drug Control," said the verdict, which was pronounced by Presiding Judge Khy Chhai.

The group will be deported to their birth country after they have served their prison sentence, it said.

Also, a Cambodian woman, who conspired with the group to commit the crime, was sentenced to eight years in jail, the verdict said.

The court also fined each of them between 10 and 14 million riel (2,500 and 3,500 U.S. dollars).

All eight Nigerians and a Cambodian woman were arrested in Phnom Penh in January last year with about 0.8 kg of crystal methamphetamine and scales.
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