Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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Re: Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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Hanno - and others - will probably remember the Swiss-German ( ?) couple with a guesthouse in SR called
Ajanta (?) Lodge which was (quite inevitably) busted with all guests rounded up in the raid ... well, the word
in SR at the time was that $20,000 changed hands before the couple were able to scamper away and the
guests caught up in the raid were fined $1,000 each as well as having loose cash, cameras and laptops stolen
by the police.
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Re: Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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'' as well as having loose cash, cameras and laptops stolen
by the police.

Tsk tsk!
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A video of the arrest:

[YouTube]iUhmlEqOKDM[/YouTube]

Looks like personal use to me.
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Re: Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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boozyoldman wrote: Wed May 03, 2017 12:42 pm Hanno - and others - will probably remember the Swiss-German ( ?) couple with a guesthouse in SR called
Ajanta (?) Lodge which was (quite inevitably) busted with all guests rounded up in the raid ... well, the word
in SR at the time was that $20,000 changed hands before the couple were able to scamper away and the
guests caught up in the raid were fined $1,000 each as well as having loose cash, cameras and laptops stolen
by the police.
Yes, remember the story. Also remember one of the arresting detectives telling me that he will eradicate corruption in the police force.....
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:I wonder if ot was a raid or they just pulled over the idiots.
The dumbass was probably driving around and wearing his fucking bong-mask. :facepalm:
epidemiks wrote:
Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:What's that coke bottle thing, some type of bong?
Far more interesting:



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Re: Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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Vietnam?! Aren't charges there even more severe? What a stupid idea. I guess it would be possible to ride across the border and give it to someone, but why risk it all for 2KG and the pennies it gives you? The Risk to reward ratio is so bad, I don't get it.
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Stoners aren't really known as being the sharpest tools in the shed.
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Re: Russian Couple Busted with 2kg of Cannabis in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

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Big returns to be had smuggling it across the border. Expats will pay UK rates on half decent weed. $3000 and up profit per kg.
They also have the death penalty for dealing.
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