Sentenced a Taiwanese man to 22 years in jail for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country

Cambodian court has sentenced a Taiwanese man to 22 years in jail for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country.Judge Chhay Kong at Phnom Penh Municipal Court says he sentenced Liao Ichun after finding him guilty of trying to smuggle 240 grams of the drug into Taiwan.A number of Taiwanese nationals have been detained and jailed for trying to smuggle heroin through the airport in the Cambodian capital over the past year.Although drug arrests have increased, Cambodia is becoming an increasingly popular trafficking point for methamphetamine and heroin, particularly since Thailand toughened its stance on illegal drugs in 2002.