AP
PHILADELPHIA - The arrest of a woman who narcotics officers said delivered 30,000 Ecstasy pills to a motel parking lot capped an investigation that exposed a Cambodian-run drug ring with Canadian ties, police said.
Officials displayed 155 pounds of marijuana, nearly 40,000 Ecstasy pills and five weapons including an Uzi on Monday, saying those items had been seized and seven people were in custody as a result of the operation.
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said the seized drugs had a street value of $1.5 million. Philadelphia police informed federal authorities of the possibility that an Ecstasy laboratory may be operating in the Montreal area making thousands of pills being exported to the United States.
Rachama Lao, 30, who traveled with her husband and three children from Montreal to Philadelphia, had been arrested Saturday outside a northeast Philadelphia motel.
Police said Lao's family apparently had no knowledge of her drug dealing and were allowed to return to Canada.
Lao told police she worked in a massage parlor in Montreal and was promised $10,000 in Canadian funds to deliver the pills.
Lao was held in lieu of $1 million bail. Roberck Suom, 24, arrested in a Jan. 26 raid on a house where pills, weapons and marijuana were seized, was held on $10 million bail, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether Lao or Suom had attorneys.
Officials displayed 155 pounds of marijuana, nearly 40,000 Ecstasy pills and five weapons including an Uzi on Monday, saying those items had been seized and seven people were in custody as a result of the operation.
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said the seized drugs had a street value of $1.5 million. Philadelphia police informed federal authorities of the possibility that an Ecstasy laboratory may be operating in the Montreal area making thousands of pills being exported to the United States.
Rachama Lao, 30, who traveled with her husband and three children from Montreal to Philadelphia, had been arrested Saturday outside a northeast Philadelphia motel.
Police said Lao's family apparently had no knowledge of her drug dealing and were allowed to return to Canada.
Lao told police she worked in a massage parlor in Montreal and was promised $10,000 in Canadian funds to deliver the pills.
Lao was held in lieu of $1 million bail. Roberck Suom, 24, arrested in a Jan. 26 raid on a house where pills, weapons and marijuana were seized, was held on $10 million bail, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether Lao or Suom had attorneys.
I don't get it. The drugs are
ReplyDeletemanufactured in Canada. How does
this turned into a Cambodian-run
drug ring? I mean Khmer don't
know how to make drug.
Sounds like a blatantly finger-
pointing case to me. doesn't it?
One of many ways how to get rich quick in Canada and USA. But her way is risky and she looks like she is only a messenger. The drug are made in Canada but there is a network of drug trafficking Cambodians who live both sides of the border. Mrs. Loa is one of their pizza delivered sluts in hoping to get a big tip.
ReplyDeleteWhat? You think Cambodians are all dumb? Some are good, some are bad, just like everywhere else.
ReplyDeleteWell, okay Post3:00, but I am sure
ReplyDeletethey are mistaken the real Khmer
from the fake one abroad. Here, we
don't have enough experiences to
get involved with drug
manufacturing anywhere, and we
normally don't invest big money in
any area that we don't know
anything about.