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Cops say hello to his little friend, a bag of drugs

| Publication date 23 November 2017 | 08:16 ICT

Cops say hello to his little friend, a bag of drugs

Poipet hosted a veritable Tony Montana on Tuesday when Banteay Meanchey provincial Military Police busted a man holding a small mountain of drugs in his room at a five-star casino.

After the crackdown, which netted five bags of illicit substances, the Indonesian suspect claimed some was for personal use while at the night club, and the rest would be sold to friends at the night club.

The party plans were put on hold, however, as officers arrested him and brought him in for charges.

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