A Cambodian national received four years in prison in Korea, Sunday, for attempting to smuggle in narcotics to Korea.
The Suwon District Court said the 41-year-old man worked at a casino in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh where he met a client offering to pay him $5,000 with flights and accommodation covered for his stay in Korea if he were to help in drug trafficking.
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He was caught while attempting to bring in over 280 grams of methamphetamine and 190 grams of ketamine in vacuum-packed baby powder bottles via Jeju International Airport on March 4.
The court said, “Crimes involving narcotics potentially spawn further negative social impacts and therefore are highly condemnable.”
It however took into consideration that “the accused is not the prime mastermind behind the trafficking, nor has he any previous record of illegal acts within Korea, and the drug he trafficked never made it into the wrong hands” in ruling for the four-year sentence.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (
kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
