Two found guilty of trafficking narcoticsPhnom Penh Post

TWO men were convicted of drug related charges yesterday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn sentenced 35-year-old Ouk Bunna to five years in prison and fined him 10 million riels for providing a place to consume drugs at his guesthouse in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district. 38-year-old Vietnamese national Yor Nhoeung Se was sentenced to three years in jail for trafficking amphetamines and ordered to pay a 4 million riel fine.

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