"It was him” was the immediate reaction of a female drug dealer when caught red-handed with her partner in Phnom Penh on Saturday.

When police stumbled upon the woman, 25, and the man, 18, lurking in the shadows of a Daun Penh district street, they immediately thought something was up.

Officers soon found they were carrying drugs and accused them of dealing. After trying to pass herself off as a customer, the woman relented and both confessed. KOH SANTEPHEAP