American and Finnish Nationals Amongst Several Foreigners Arrested in Huge Sihanoukville MDMA Drug Bust

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in all photos Mikhail seems to be the only one paying close attention to the authorities
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OKW wrote;

"in all photos Mikhail seems to be the only one paying close attention to the authorities


Is he the oldest of the barangs who fessed up & prolly turn witness for the state?
Or what ever mumbo jumbo legalese they use in their corrupt judicial system that equates?

I'm trying to keep up but with so many SHV fuktards it ain't EZ.
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OKW wrote:in all photos Mikhail seems to be the only one paying close attention to the authorities
A lot of good that did him. He's dead already. Follow the link in Raybull's post above.

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Username Taken wrote:
OKW wrote:in all photos Mikhail seems to be the only one paying close attention to the authorities
A lot of good that did him. He's dead already. Follow the link in Raybull's post above.

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Yes, may he rest in peace. While I recommend to pay close attention to the authorities in a situation like this, I do not think it is always good to follow their advice. Always good to know your opponents intention, think he was at least trying to figure out his next best move. Thank you for the update. :thumb:
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UPDATE: December 2016, 5 foreigners were arrested in Sihanoukville on charges of manufacturing and distributing illegal drugs (MDMA pills).
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*Mikhail Grafman, 52 year old male from Forest Hills, New York, USA
*Hannah Sirkiä, 28 year old female from Vantaa, Finland
*Lenka Vlková, 26 year old female from Czech Republic
*Mukhametianova Elmira, 30 year old female from Russia
*Melnyk Volodymyr, 28 year old from Ukraine
Since that time, Mikhail Grafman, the suspected "mastermind" of the scheme has died in prison, the Russian woman and Ukranian man have disappeared under the radar, the Finnish woman Hannah Sirkia was released and living in Cambodia, while the Czech woman, 26 yo Lenka Vlková, is still being held in prison on suspicion of drug possession.
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From Facebook yesterday, a friend of hers wrote:
well there was an investigation for 6 months that lasted until June, after that they filed the report. If it had been just for using she would have been free to go but they said it was possession so its a bit more serious. That was only 1 month ago so now we just wait for a trial date. Everything takes longer in Cambodia, you know how it is. I'm still hoping it'll be in the next month though.
Looks like Lenka has been left holding the baby. She has already been in prison for 8 months awaiting some sort of trial and no date given yet.
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It's a weird country when you can publish accused people's passports, but you can't publish any court details relating to the crime.
I wonder if the last one in custody didn't have the wherewithal to buy herself out.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:41 pm
Looks like Lenka has been left holding the baby. She has already been in prison for 8 months awaiting some sort of trial and no date given yet.

Well that might all depend on what was in her bag, which had a container that she wasn't too keen to open in this video:



The Finn woman had already emptied her bag, and there obviously wasn't anything too incriminating there. Don't get me wrong, I feel sympathy because I don't believe they were doing anything intentionally evil, but those are the breaks. Get caught with schedule A drugs anywhere in the region and you're in deep shit, especially if there is more than what could be called a "personal amount".
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