Two Koreans Arrested Planning to Smuggle Drugs from Cambodia

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:22 pm

Cambodia News[/b] (Phnom Penh): On July 23, 2020, at 3:30 pm, the police of the Department of Anti-drug, led by the lieutenant En Song, the director of the department, and coordinated by Mr. Plang Sophal, the deputy prosecutor of Phnom Penh court, cracked down on drug smuggling from Cambodia to Korea in a raid at the Wisdom Apartment, on street 446, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh.

Two Korean men, SONG MIN SOO, 59 years old, and CHOI MIN YOUNG, 50 years old, were arrested. The police confiscated 1389.53 grams of methamphetamine, a car, a phone, two scales, and some packing equipment.
The suspects with the evidence have been sent to the anti-drug department for case preparation before their court appearance.

Powaline_Digi · Post by **Powaline_Digi** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:41 pm

Should have used FedEx!

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:17 pm

You would think the authorities would wish this type of drug to be heading out of the country. But they are doing good work preventing problems elsewhere. Named and shamed for the traffickers, and that of a heafty sentence will come soon.

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:34 pm

I'm not much an international man of mystery, but smuggling meth in boxes marked "Cartel 500" doesn't seem like the best policy.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:01 pm

One of the Koreans was being monitored by South Korean authorities for involvement in drug trafficking. It seems they tipped off the Cambodians.

Korean drug suspect arrested in Cambodia
By Yonhap
Published : Jul 29, 2020 - 13:53 Updated : Jul 29, 2020 - 15:02

A South Korean national has been arrested in Cambodia on charges of attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into South Korea and Japan, prosecutors here said Wednesday.

The drug suspect was apprehended in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, after having allegedly been involved in drug trafficking in five Asian countries, according to the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) and the Incheon District Prosecutors Office.

An accomplice was also taken into custody on drug charges, they said.

The suspect is accused of trying to smuggle the banned substance into South Korea and Japan while traveling between Cambodia and Thailand, they said, adding that 1.4 kilograms of meth, enough for 46,000 doses, was seized from the arrested person.

The SPO said it has closely cooperated with Cambodia's law enforcement authorities in the latest crackdown on suspected drug offenders.
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