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Trials begin for two in narcotics cases

| Publication date 10 February 2011 | 08:01 ICT

Trials begin for two in narcotics cases

Phnom Penh Municipal Court commenced trials against two men accused in separate drug distribution cases yesterday. Tam Hock Choon, 49, was arrested on May 6, 2010, in the Chamkarmon district of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Keng Kang I commune after police confiscated 8 packages of methamphetamines and 10 yama tablets. Yin Chhorn, 41, was arrested on October 3, 2010 in Dangkor district’s Kakab commune, after police confiscated about 1 kilogram of heroin from his home.

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