Showing posts with label Drug smugglers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drug smugglers. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thai woman, Philippine man convicted in Cambodia
Friday, April 30, 2010
AP
AP
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced a Thai woman and her Philippine accomplice to 30 years in prison for drug smuggling and will allow the woman to keep her newborn son with her behind bars, judges said Friday.
The woman cradled her seven-month-old baby in her arms during Thursday's ruling at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Police arrested Chon Thong Theerat in June 2009 upon arrival from Malaysia at the Phnom Penh airport, where she walked through an X-ray security machine that showed she had swallowed a dozen condoms containing 400 grams of cocaine, said judge You Bunna.
She led police to 36-year-old Luyo Romeo Plaza, who was waiting for the woman to deliver the drugs to a hotel, police said. The woman had traveled from Argentina and after stopping in Cambodia was headed to Thailand.
The pair were held in pretrial detention, where the 29-year-old woman gave birth to her son. It was not clear if Plaza was the child's father.
The court ordered each to serve 30-year prison terms and pay fines of $12,000. The woman's defense lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.
Judge Kor Vandy, one of three presiding judges, said the woman would be allowed at least initially to continue caring for the baby.
"The child would continue to live in jail with his mother at first," Kor Vandy was quoted as saying in The Cambodian Daily. He added that rights organizations will sometimes help jailed mothers take care of their children inside prisons.
Cambodia is not a major producer of illegal drugs but has increasingly become a smuggling transit route.
The woman cradled her seven-month-old baby in her arms during Thursday's ruling at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Police arrested Chon Thong Theerat in June 2009 upon arrival from Malaysia at the Phnom Penh airport, where she walked through an X-ray security machine that showed she had swallowed a dozen condoms containing 400 grams of cocaine, said judge You Bunna.
She led police to 36-year-old Luyo Romeo Plaza, who was waiting for the woman to deliver the drugs to a hotel, police said. The woman had traveled from Argentina and after stopping in Cambodia was headed to Thailand.
The pair were held in pretrial detention, where the 29-year-old woman gave birth to her son. It was not clear if Plaza was the child's father.
The court ordered each to serve 30-year prison terms and pay fines of $12,000. The woman's defense lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.
Judge Kor Vandy, one of three presiding judges, said the woman would be allowed at least initially to continue caring for the baby.
"The child would continue to live in jail with his mother at first," Kor Vandy was quoted as saying in The Cambodian Daily. He added that rights organizations will sometimes help jailed mothers take care of their children inside prisons.
Cambodia is not a major producer of illegal drugs but has increasingly become a smuggling transit route.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Cambodian and Nigerian citizens accused of smuggling narcotics from Azerbaijan to China stand trial
08 Jan 2010
APA (Azerbaijan)
APA (Azerbaijan)
Baku. Ramil Mammadli – APA. The Court of Grave Crimes has today held a hearing on the case of Cambodian and Nigerian citizens accused of smuggling narcotics from Azerbaijan to the People’s Republic of China. APA reports that Amir Bayramov presided over the hearing. Hearing on the case of citizen of Cambodia Sak Makara and Nigerian Odek Emmanuel has been scheduled for January 11.
According to the indictment, Sak Makara was detained by the officers of the Customs Service while smuggling a great deal of narcotic drugs from Azerbaijan to China in July, 2009. 2395g heroin was found on his person. Nigerian Odek Emmanuel was detained basing on the testimony of Makara. 4kg heroin was found in his house in M.F. Akhundov street, 107.
They faced charges under articles 206.4 (smuggling), 234.4.1 (illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances by a group of persons or an organized group) and 234.4.3 (in large amount) of the Criminal Code.
According to the indictment, Sak Makara was detained by the officers of the Customs Service while smuggling a great deal of narcotic drugs from Azerbaijan to China in July, 2009. 2395g heroin was found on his person. Nigerian Odek Emmanuel was detained basing on the testimony of Makara. 4kg heroin was found in his house in M.F. Akhundov street, 107.
They faced charges under articles 206.4 (smuggling), 234.4.1 (illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances by a group of persons or an organized group) and 234.4.3 (in large amount) of the Criminal Code.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Cambodia police arrest 23 Nigerians in heroin case
2009-06-20
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): Cambodian police arrested 23 Nigerian men suspected of drug trafficking as authorities continued to hunt for the ringleader and other suspects, an official said Friday.
Police Maj. Born Sam Ath said the 23 suspects were arrested in separate operations Wednesday after authorities received information from a Cambodian woman about their activities.
Three of the suspects were arrested while traveling on the road in the capital, he said, adding that officers found 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilograms) of heroin hidden in a bag of clothes.
Police interrogated the three suspects and later arrested 20 others, Born Sam Ath said.
Investigators continued to search for the group's leader and others involved, he said. He declined to comment on the identity of the leader and the number of those still on the run.
The suspects were held at a police station and have not been charged officially, the police official said.
Earlier this month, the authorities torched nearly three tons of an herb used to produce "herbal ecstasy" as part of a campaign to wipe out designer drugs.
The bonfire destroyed ephedra, used to make "herbal ecstasy" pills that have been blamed for deaths in the United States and elsewhere, as well as another ton of the chemical thionyl chloride, which is used to make methamphetamine. "Herbal ecstasy" typically refers to a combination of stimulants--often including ephedra.
Southeast Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
Myanmar is a leading exporter of both heroin and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into and through nearby countries. Cambodia has increasingly become a transit route for drug smugglers.
Police Maj. Born Sam Ath said the 23 suspects were arrested in separate operations Wednesday after authorities received information from a Cambodian woman about their activities.
Three of the suspects were arrested while traveling on the road in the capital, he said, adding that officers found 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilograms) of heroin hidden in a bag of clothes.
Police interrogated the three suspects and later arrested 20 others, Born Sam Ath said.
Investigators continued to search for the group's leader and others involved, he said. He declined to comment on the identity of the leader and the number of those still on the run.
The suspects were held at a police station and have not been charged officially, the police official said.
Earlier this month, the authorities torched nearly three tons of an herb used to produce "herbal ecstasy" as part of a campaign to wipe out designer drugs.
The bonfire destroyed ephedra, used to make "herbal ecstasy" pills that have been blamed for deaths in the United States and elsewhere, as well as another ton of the chemical thionyl chloride, which is used to make methamphetamine. "Herbal ecstasy" typically refers to a combination of stimulants--often including ephedra.
Southeast Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
Myanmar is a leading exporter of both heroin and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into and through nearby countries. Cambodia has increasingly become a transit route for drug smugglers.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Cambodia police arrest 23 Nigerians in heroin case
Left: The authority reviewing the proof; Right: The 3 Nigerian men caught with the drug (Photo: Koh Santepheap news)2009-06-19
Associated Press
Cambodian police arrested 23 Nigerian men suspected of drug trafficking as authorities continued to hunt for the ringleader and other suspects, an official said Friday.
Police Maj. Born Sam Ath said the 23 suspects were arrested in separate operations Wednesday after authorities received information from a Cambodian woman about their activities.
Three of the suspects were arrested while traveling on the road in the capital, he said, adding that officers found 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilograms) of heroin hidden in a bag of clothes.
Police interrogated the three suspects and later arrested 20 others, Born Sam Ath said.
Investigators continued to search for the group's leader and others involved, he said. He declined to comment on the identity of the leader and the number of those still on the run.
The suspects were held at a police station and have not been charged officially, the police official said.
Earlier this month, the authorities torched nearly three tons of an herb used to produce "herbal ecstasy" as part of a campaign to wipe out designer drugs.
The bonfire destroyed ephedra, used to make "herbal ecstasy" pills that have been blamed for deaths in the United States and elsewhere, as well as another ton of the chemical thionyl chloride, which is used to make methamphetamine. "Herbal ecstasy" typically refers to a combination of stimulants - often including ephedra.
Southeast Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
Myanmar is a leading exporter of both heroin and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into and through nearby countries. Cambodia has increasingly become a transit route for drug smugglers.
Police Maj. Born Sam Ath said the 23 suspects were arrested in separate operations Wednesday after authorities received information from a Cambodian woman about their activities.
Three of the suspects were arrested while traveling on the road in the capital, he said, adding that officers found 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilograms) of heroin hidden in a bag of clothes.
Police interrogated the three suspects and later arrested 20 others, Born Sam Ath said.
Investigators continued to search for the group's leader and others involved, he said. He declined to comment on the identity of the leader and the number of those still on the run.
The suspects were held at a police station and have not been charged officially, the police official said.
Earlier this month, the authorities torched nearly three tons of an herb used to produce "herbal ecstasy" as part of a campaign to wipe out designer drugs.
The bonfire destroyed ephedra, used to make "herbal ecstasy" pills that have been blamed for deaths in the United States and elsewhere, as well as another ton of the chemical thionyl chloride, which is used to make methamphetamine. "Herbal ecstasy" typically refers to a combination of stimulants - often including ephedra.
Southeast Asia has long been a major producer and exporter of heroin, and in recent years it has also become a major source of stimulant-type drugs such as methamphetamine.
Myanmar is a leading exporter of both heroin and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into and through nearby countries. Cambodia has increasingly become a transit route for drug smugglers.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Two Taiwanese Girls Arrested for Drug Smuggling
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 December 2007
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 December 2007
Two Taiwanese teens were arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport Thursday after they were caught with a total 1.2 kilograms of narcotics strapped to their legs.
The two girls, aged 17 and 16, were leaving Cambodia for Hong Kong when they were caught with 600 grams each.
“They went through the [airport] scanner, we checked their bodies, and they’d hidden 600 grams of drugs each on their thighs,” said Chuo Kim Ny, police chief at Phnom Penh International Airport.
The girls were detained but have not been charged by the courts.
Taiwanese nationals were the most frequently arrested for drug smuggling over the past year, said Lt. Gen. Sok Phal, a spokesman for the police.
“Generally, 99 percent, they are good, but the minority when they come, they come to smuggle drugs,” said Lt. Gen. Sok Phal. “We don't really have many European” smugglers, he said.
The two girls, aged 17 and 16, were leaving Cambodia for Hong Kong when they were caught with 600 grams each.
“They went through the [airport] scanner, we checked their bodies, and they’d hidden 600 grams of drugs each on their thighs,” said Chuo Kim Ny, police chief at Phnom Penh International Airport.
The girls were detained but have not been charged by the courts.
Taiwanese nationals were the most frequently arrested for drug smuggling over the past year, said Lt. Gen. Sok Phal, a spokesman for the police.
“Generally, 99 percent, they are good, but the minority when they come, they come to smuggle drugs,” said Lt. Gen. Sok Phal. “We don't really have many European” smugglers, he said.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
3 Malaysians involved in drug trafficking sentenced to 28 years in jail
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
3 Malaysian men of Chinese origin who were involved in the trafficking of 4 kilos of drug from Cambodia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were sentenced by the Phnom Penh municipal court, on 31 July 2007, to 28 years of jail time each, and they were also fined 70 million riels each (~$1,750). The three men arrived in Cambodia posing as casino gambler tourists, one after another, in November of 2006. They gambled at the Royal Palace casino, and tried to depart to Malaysia on 30 November 2006, but they were arrested by custom officers at the Phnom Penh international airport when a search of their luggage found 24 bags of drugs, weighing a total of 4.1 kilos.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Three drug smugglers arrested in Cambodia
25/07/2007
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Cambodian court has sentenced two Peruvian men and a Thai woman to 20 years in jail each for attempting to smuggle cocaine through Cambodia to Thailand.
Police say one of the men was arrested last October with more than 100 packets of cocaine in his stomach, after arriving in Phnom Penh International Airport.
They say he led police to another Peruvian and his Thai wife, who were arrested in Siem Reap.
Their convictions follow those of two other Peruvians jailed for five years each in March for trying to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine to Thailand.
Police say one of the men was arrested last October with more than 100 packets of cocaine in his stomach, after arriving in Phnom Penh International Airport.
They say he led police to another Peruvian and his Thai wife, who were arrested in Siem Reap.
Their convictions follow those of two other Peruvians jailed for five years each in March for trying to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine to Thailand.
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