Ugandan Busted at Phnom Penh Airport Carrying 2Kgs of Meth

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Re: Ugandan Busted at Phnom Penh Airport Carrying 2Kgs of Meth

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Marty wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:14 pm
Ozzie_Mandias wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:58 am Do customs officers in Cambodia check the luggage of all Africans?
Well ya know those machines ya walk thru? Those are very high tech, not only detecting metals in the case of guns or bombs. They are also chemical sniffers for explosives and drugz. So he was allowed to board with what looks like the carry on consignment, only to have the Cambodian authorities informed that a load was on its way, and to bust that mofugger.
No he was leaving Cambo
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Ozzie_Mandias wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:17 pm
Marty wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:14 pm
Ozzie_Mandias wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:58 am Do customs officers in Cambodia check the luggage of all Africans?
Well ya know those machines ya walk thru? Those are very high tech, not only detecting metals in the case of guns or bombs. They are also chemical sniffers for explosives and drugz. So he was allowed to board with what looks like the carry on consignment, only to have the Cambodian authorities informed that a load was on its way, and to bust that mofugger.
No he was leaving Cambo
Oh, OK my mistake then. So he scored the goods locally and the plan was to make the big money in Korea or points beyond, since it was mentioned before that Korea is a tough cookie. His assumption, then, was that the Cambodian authorities are hicks and dumbasses, which they clearly are not.
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yeah, he got the shit from a Nigerian,Ugandan , whatever african-mafia around to give it to another african in Seoul.Happens also en route to Japan, South-africa and elsewhere, where they have strong "african" mafia (mostly Nigerian). Nigerians trafficking drugs since 1973, I happended to know some Nig erians 48 years ago living in Germany doing the trade. They are most experienced en organized. Actually these days I had couple of Nigerian friends and generally they were nice! Another guy, he was working in the Ugandan Embassy in London
bringing in tons of smoke over the years.
But nowadays in Covid times scrutiny is tough, so nobody would smuggle shit from KOW to South Korea, MEANING only one thing:
This poor sucker was just a distraction, while another one with more merchandise was going through.
Happens every day! (before Covid at least)
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alexvanlaar wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:24 pm yeah, he got the shit from a Nigerian,Ugandan , whatever african-mafia around to give it to another african in Seoul.Happens also en route to Japan, South-africa and elsewhere, where they have strong "african" mafia (mostly Nigerian). Nigerians trafficking drugs since 1973, I happended to know some Nig erians 48 years ago living in Germany doing the trade. They are most experienced en organized. Actually these days I had couple of Nigerian friends and generally they were nice! Another guy, he was working in the Ugandan Embassy in London
bringing in tons of smoke over the years.
But nowadays in Covid times scrutiny is tough, so nobody would smuggle shit from KOW to South Korea, MEANING only one thing:
This poor sucker was just a distraction, while another one with more merchandise was going through.
Happens every day! (before Covid at least)
Oh exactly right. A distraction from the James Bond type smuggling the big cargo, worth billions. The African distraction in the Lacoste T shirt gets the hammer over the head. Meanwhile, wear a suit and tie through airports and you can get away with murder. Literally.
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couple of questions:
had he been In Cambodia or was he transiting?
Was there another Ugandan/Nigerian on the same flight?

2 kilos is a big throw away, if he was a decoy and set up to be busted, there is no quarantine someone else also wouldn't be.

2 kilos is worth its weight in bit coin in seoul or japan

fyi;l just the mule rate for a white person to carry meth from europe is around $10,000/kilo
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Ozzie_Mandias wrote:Do customs officers in Cambodia check the luggage of all Africans?
He probably got flagged either in Uganda or ROK and the local customs were just waiting for him.
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phuketrichard wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:48 pm couple of questions:
had he been In Cambodia or was he transiting?
Was there another Ugandan/Nigerian on the same flight?

2 kilos is a big throw away, if he was a decoy and set up to be busted, there is no quarantine someone else also wouldn't be.

2 kilos is worth its weight in bit coin in seoul or japan

fyi;l just the mule rate for a white person to carry meth from europe is around $10,000/kilo
This is nonsensical. Please repost your questions in plain English.
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He can spend some time in Prey Sa for his troubles..
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Well he won’t be online for a while.
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More details:
The Cambodian authorities arrested one suspect, MUGERWA JOEL, a 43-year-old Ugandan man,for smuggling drugs, on February 10, 2021 at 20:30 at the departure section of Phnom Penh International Airport.

Captured evidence: - Methamphetamine (ICE), net weight 1922.90 grams.

According to Post News (Cambodia), the suspect was smuggling the drugs from Cambodia to the Republic of Korea, and then from Korea to Dubai in United Arab Emirates, and on to Uganda.
[It is probable that Uganda was not the ultimate destination, but that it all the information that was provided.]
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