Followup: The Romanian was working for a Nigerian gang of international drug smugglers.

Phnom Penh, Cambodian News: Prior to the arrest of the Romanian in Siem Reap, the Cambodian Drug Department received information from Japanese police who had detained a Canadian drug trafficker in Tokyo on December 09, 2018. As a result, the Cambodian police set up a nation-wide search for a Nigerian drug master hiding in Cambodia, and proceeded to arrest all the gang on February 07, 2019.

On February 06, at 09:15 am, a Romanian man, was arrested at Siem Reap Airport for trafficking 5 kg drug after the police arrested 3 Nigerian men at condo no.101 on street 494, Sangkat Pkar Dermthkov, Phnom Penh.
Five foreigners, 3 Nigerians and 2 Romanians, were arrested as suspects in the case of the 5kg of methamphetamine found in the luggage of Romanian, OLARU NARCIS MANUEL on 6 February.

The suspects were identified as OLARU NARCIS MANUEL, a 22-year-old Romanian man, LIXANDRU VASILE NICOLAE, a 26-year-old Romanian man, and 3 Nigerian men, AZUBAM CELESTINE EMEKA, AZUBAM SIMEON CHUKWUDI, and NGWU HILLARY MMADU.

After the operation, the police confiscated four packs of methamphetamine weighing 5 kg, and three other packs of drug powder. The police are preparing the case of international drug trafficking with the evidence to be submitted to court.

According to this article from Nigeria, the drugs were ultimately destined for New Zealand.

Cambodian Police arrest 3 Nigerians for drug trafficking
Samson Toromade
Last Thursday at 5:47 PM [7 Feb 2019]
Cambodian Police authorities have revealed on Thursday, February 7, 2019 that three Nigerians were arrested as part of a drug trafficking ring.

Narcis-Manuel Olaru, a Romanian, was arrested by Cambodian authorities while he was trying to smuggle 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of methamphetamine onto a flight bound for Hong Kong on Wednesday, February 6.

According to Cambodia's Deputy National Police Chief, Mok Chito, Olaru was apprehended at the airport in Siem Reap in northeastern Cambodia.

The drug was found in four plastic packets inside a luggage belonging to the Romanian who led authorities to his accomplices in Phnom Penh.

According to the report by Associated Press, Chito revealed that the arrest of the gang was a result of nearly a month of investigation following a tip-off from Japanese police who were informed about the gang by an alleged drug trafficker arrested there last month.

While Chito didn't name the Nigerians, he disclosed that the suspects confessed to have received the drug from Laos and was trying to smuggle it to New Zealand.
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