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Hanoi police seize 98kg of synthetic drugs sent from Germany

Police and customs officers of Hanoi have seized 98kg of synthetic drugs sent from Germany, police authorities announced on January 6.
Hanoi police seize 98kg of synthetic drugs sent from Germany ảnh 1The drugs confiscated by Hanoi police. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Police and customs officers of Hanoihave seized 98kg of synthetic drugs sent from Germany, police authoritiesannounced on January 6.

Colonel Pham Quynh, deputy head of the Drug Crime InvestigationDepartment under Hanoi Police, said three people have been arrested.

Upon examining suspicious parcels sent from Germany to Vietnam via Noi BaiInternational Airport, the police and customs found and seized 98 kg of syntheticdrugs, he said.

The drugs confiscated include 45 kg of ecstasy (MDMA) and 53 kg ofketamine hidden in parcels.

Quynh said the drug traffickers took advantage of the express delivery toillegal transport drugs from abroad to Vietnam. They drugs were hidden in goodssuch as coffee-making machines, air purifiers and candy bags to escape theinspection of the authorities.

According to a report of Hanoi’s Drug Crime Investigation Department, fromNovember 15, 2022 to January 5, 2023, the local police busted 472 cases and arrested734 people for their drug related crimes, confiscating more than 110.1 kg ofdrugs.

Vietnamese law stipulates that those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams ofheroin or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Makingor trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also carriesthe death penalty./.
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