Two drug dealers’ excuse that “we’re only middlemen” didn’t hold any water for cops in Kandal province’s Phsar Dek commune after a crackdown on Monday saw them arrested.

After catching word from villagers of the duo’s illicit enterprise, police went to pay them a visit, zeroing in and finding them holding four bags of “ice”.

The substance and a Nokia phone were confiscated and the two suspects were taken downtown despite their alleged status as intermediaries.

National Police