Phnom Penh Post - Drug den shuttered after cop raid nets 19
A Daun Penh district guesthouse known for allowing wide-scale meth use is now not a guesthouse at all. Acting on a tip from fed up residents, police raided the location in the capital yesterday, arresting 19 users.
Multiple small bags of meth were confiscated along with various drug paraphernalia. The prosecutor, meanwhile, decided to shutter the guesthouse, saying it never had a licence to begin with.
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