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‘How much is meth?’ ’Everything’s 2,500!’

| Publication date 15 June 2017 | 15:47 ICT

‘How much is meth?’ ’Everything’s 2,500!’

Another seemingly legitimate Phnom Penh business was being used for less-than-legal activities in Stung Meanchey commune as police arrested five for trafficking drugs at a 2,500-riel shop.

Villagers dropped the dime, informing cops there was more than just trinkets coming out of the minimart, and after a crackdown they confiscated six packages of drugs, paraphernalia and two motos.

Four men and one woman were taken into custody and the criminalised convenience store was shuttered.

Kampuchea Thmey

Contact author: Soth Koemsoeun

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