Eight Nigerians have been sentenced to five to eight years by Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for drug trafficking.
According to the presiding judge Khy Chhai, the eight men "were charged with illegally trafficking drug substances under the Article 40 of the Law on Drug Control," and will all be deported from the country after there jail time.
A Cambodian woman who conspired with the men was sentenced to eight years too,and the men have been asked to pay 2,500 and 3,500 U.S. dollars as fines.
All the drug traffickers were arrested in February 2015 during a police raid, and at the time of the arrest, the men had with them 0.8 kg of crystal methamphetamine and scales.
They have a month to appeal the court verdict
