Phnom Penh Post - Loaded louts get two lessons for price of one
A lesson on road safety became an impromptu drug bust in the capital on Sunday. Two drunkards were pulled over for a lecture on road safety after poorly manoeuvring their motorbikes.
Their nervousness, however, raised the suspicions of the cops, who searched the duo and turned up a package of meth.
The two insisted it was for their own consumption, but were nonetheless immediately arrested.
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