Hapless dealer busted red-handed in Kandal

You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your enemies.

A 19-year-old from Kandal’s Kho Thom district may heed these words after his poor choice of friends lead to a bungled drug deal and a new enemy: local police.

Having been aware of the miscreant for some time, police caught the man in the act of selling crystal meth on Tuesday.

The suspect confessed he bought his supply from a friend, with the intention of reselling it.

Rasmei Kampuchea

Contact author: Bun Sengkong

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