Three Vietnamese arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos to Vietnam

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HANOI: Police of the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi have arrested three Vietnamese men for transporting 20 cakes of heroin weighing over 6kg, Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday (March 8).

The police caught red-handed a 27-year-old man from the northern Dien Bien province transporting the drugs in Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi, on Saturday afternoon.

Expanding investigation, the authorities arrested two accomplices, a 31-year-old man from Dien Bien province and a 52-year-old man from northern Cao Bang province, the news agency reported. Under Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grammes of heroin or more than 2.5kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death.

Making or trading 100 grammes of heroin or 300 grammes of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

 

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