PHNOM PENH, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian authorities have arrested two Nigerian men for allegedly smuggling one kilo of cocaine into Cambodia, according to an Interior Ministry's Anti-Drug Department report on Sunday.
Okoro Chukwuka Boniface, 28, and Obiora Dozie Frank, 33, were caught by anti-drug police officers on Thursday in Phnom Penh after they imported the illicit drug from Colombia, the report said.
It added that the suspects hid the drug in a box of fake jewelry and sent it to Cambodia via DHL shipping company.
"Some 189 packs of cocaine totally weighing 1 kilogram were confiscated from the two suspects," the report said.
Cambodia has no death sentence, under its law, a person who traffics more than 80 grams of drug will face life imprisonment.
