Drugs stashed in cat food seized at Tan Son Nhat Airport

VOV.VN - Customs officers operating at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully discovered a huge quantity of drugs carefully hidden within cat food boxes.

The drugs, mainly Ketamine, were stashed in bags of cat food belonging to a Vietnamese man hailing from Binh Thuan province, local police said on March 31.

The bags were sealed carefully and were poised to be exported to Taiwan (China).

Customs officers stated that the luggage, weighing 424kg in total, was declared to contain clothes, cosmetics, and food.

As on-duty officers carried out customs procedures, they noticed plenty of suspicious signs and decided to open the package in order to examine the contents, upon which they discovered the Ketamine.

The discovery of the drugs haul estimated at approximately VND4 billion in value has prompted local police to launch a further investigation into the case.

This is the first time the customs officers have witnessed this type of stashing trick by drug traffickers.

The past two weeks has seen customs officers detect six cases of drug trafficking via air routes, seizing various drugs weight a total of 12.7kg.

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