Five Arrests in King Crown Casino Drug Bust (Bavet)

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Five Arrests in King Crown Casino Drug Bust (Bavet)

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Cambodia News (Svay Rieng Province): On February 8, 2023, five Vietnamese nationals were sent to trial at the First Instance Court of Svay Rieng province, for trafficking drugs at King Crown Casino* in Bavet city, Svay Rieng province.

The suspects were arrested on 3 February at the casino. They were identified as:
- Nguyen Young Duc, a 32-year-old Vietnamese man
- Khup Van Long, a 27-year-old Vietnamese man, an online gaming operator,
- Vet Thi Yang, a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman,
- Nguyen Thanh Chung, a 31-year-old Vietnamese man,
- Nguyen Thanh Son, a 27-year-old Vietnamese man.

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The seized items were 103 bags of ICE (methamphetamine crystals) weighing 158.16g, 18 bags of white powder weighing 104.36g, 6 capsules of gray pills weighing 2.55g, 9 bags of blue powder weighing 90.12g, 3 scales, 5 passports, 1 work permit, 5 national ID cards, 7 phones, 2 motorbikes, and many drug tools.
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*King Crown Casino, which has long been suspected of human trafficking, was one of the scenes of a mass escape by Vietnamese casino workers last year. It has also been the scene of at least two suspicious deaths, also last year.
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