Smuggling

Officers of the Division of Drug Investigation in HCMC in collaboration with their peers from the Ministry of Public Security said that they had broken up a ring that smuggled drugs from Cambodia into Vietnam and seized nearly 30 kilogram of methamphetamine - an illicit drug known locally as ice; 9.2kg of ketamine; 20,000 ecstasy tablets and 5.27kg of heroin. … [Read more...] about Police in HCMC seize nearly 47 kg of drug while busting drug smuggling ring

Eight Laotians had been arrested when they were carrying 10kg of crystal meth and a loaded pistol through Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri Province, located in north-central Vietnam, Colonel Le Van Phuong, commander of the provincial border defense force, said on Monday. … [Read more...] about Vietnam arrests 8 Laotians for smuggling 10kg of crystal meth across border

However, due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and lack of a big boat, six of the 17 gave up the chance of proceeding to Australia and returned home. The remaining agreed to take a small boat to reach Australia, but it broke down and drifted into East Timorese waters, where it was seized. … [Read more...] about Two arrested for smuggling people to Australia for $30,000 each

Colonel Le Van Phuong, Commander of the provincial border guard, said the Lao nationals are drug dealers regularly operating along the two countries’ shared border near Vietnam’s Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri. … [Read more...] about Eight Lao nationals caught smuggling 10kg of meth into Vietnam

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Police said on September 9 that they busted a ring smuggling a combined 47 kilogrammes of drug from Cambodia to the Vietnamese southern hub. The ring was smashed on September 2, they revealed. Bui Thi Kieu Loan (born in 1985), Nguyen Hoang Tu (born in 1984) and Pham Dinh Nhan (born in 1977) were caught red handed while receiving the drug conceived in two fruit boxes from a transporter they hired at a market in Hoc Mon district on the outskirts of HCM City. The drugs include nearly 30 kilogrammes of crystal meth, over 9.2 kilogrammes of ketamine, 15 bricks of heroin and 20,000 ecstasy tablets. Further investigation into the case is underway. Vietnam is one of the countries with strictest penalties against drugs trafficking, with those found with more than 100 grams of heroin or cocaine facing death penalty./. … [Read more...] about Large ring trafficking drugs from Cambodia busted