The four drug trafficking suspects detained at the Toul Kork police station.Reported in English by Khmerization
Three Nigerian men and a Sierra Leonian woman were arrested for drug trafficking on 27th July in Phnom Penh. Police said the four people were arrested at 4:30 pm at a house on Street 588 in Toul Kork District with 598.51 grams of heroin found hidden inside the house.
During the search of the house, police found five Nigerian passports and 2083 naira (Nigerian currency) plus a Casio scale.
The three arrested Nigerians were 39 year-old Mr. Jougvuma Remi-Ubi, 33 year-old Mr. Ouyuk Basil Jougo Abouga, 34 year-old Mr. Moustak-Im Manoul and 30 year-old Ms. Issy Fanta.
Police said the arrests happened during a head count (census) by immigration police of foreigners living in the Toul Kork district.
When the police went to do a head count at house number 48 on Street 588, Mr. Ouyuk Basil Jougo Abouga who is renting the house panicked and tried to escape. He was seen throwing five small packets of plastic bags out of the windows into the street. Neighbours then brought the packets to the police and they were later identified as containing heroin in a series of tests in the laboratories. The Toul Kork police, in collaboration with anti-drug trafficking police obtained an arrest warrant to detain the four suspects.
The four are currently being detained at Toul Kork police station waiting for an appearance at the Phnom Penh Court.
In June, 23 Nigerians were arrested for drug trafficking during the raids across Phnom Penh city.
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