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From correspondents in Phnom Penh
July 09, 2008
A CAMBODIAN court has sentenced an Australian man to six years in prison for trying to smuggle the drug ice out of the country.
Simon Peter Conway, 50, was convicted of drug-trafficking in a trial yesterday and sentenced to six years and a $2625 fine, Judge Chan Madina said today.
Conway was arrested in October at Phnom Penh airport after authorities found 40g of the drug with him.
his lawyer, Dun Vibol, said he already filed an appeal against the sentence.
"Conway confessed everything during the trial. But we want his sentence to be reduced to the minimum," he said.
Conway had intended to take the drug to Australia to use as a painkiller for a leg injury.
Ice can be produced in rudimentary laboratories from a range of chemicals and resembles clear, chunky crystals that can be smoked, snorted or injected.
Although drug arrests have risen, Cambodia is becoming an increasingly popular trafficking point for methamphetamines and heroin, particularly since neighbouring Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002.
From correspondents in Phnom Penh
July 09, 2008
A CAMBODIAN court has sentenced an Australian man to six years in prison for trying to smuggle the drug ice out of the country.
Simon Peter Conway, 50, was convicted of drug-trafficking in a trial yesterday and sentenced to six years and a $2625 fine, Judge Chan Madina said today.
Conway was arrested in October at Phnom Penh airport after authorities found 40g of the drug with him.
his lawyer, Dun Vibol, said he already filed an appeal against the sentence.
"Conway confessed everything during the trial. But we want his sentence to be reduced to the minimum," he said.
Conway had intended to take the drug to Australia to use as a painkiller for a leg injury.
Ice can be produced in rudimentary laboratories from a range of chemicals and resembles clear, chunky crystals that can be smoked, snorted or injected.
Although drug arrests have risen, Cambodia is becoming an increasingly popular trafficking point for methamphetamines and heroin, particularly since neighbouring Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002.
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