Police nail tyre repairmen

Phnom Penh - A pair of enterprising Cambodian tyre repairmen were in jail on Monday on charges that they spiced up business by lacing roads around their roadside repair stalls with nails.

Chamcarmon district police in the capital of Phnom Penh said they detained Khy Pros, 21, and So Mom, 26, both of whom made a living from fixing flat tyres on the roadside, on August 17.

This was after a senior government officials' car was stopped in its tracks by a suspicious quantity of nails on the road..
Police allege that Pros was found to be carrying half a kilogram of nails and Mom 3,5 kilograms of nails.

Both men were remanded in custody to face charges of vandalism and disrupting public order by Phnom Penh Municipal Court and are now serving up to six months in Prey Sar jail awaiting trial, court officials said on Monday.

If convicted, the hapless entrepreneurs face up to five years each in prison. - Sapa-dpa.