HCM City police break up six transnational drug smuggling rings
VOV.VN - Police operating in Ho Chi Minh City announced on April 26 that they have successfully broken up six more shipments containing synthetic drugs related to a Vietnamese resident in France.
Following the case of four flight attendants of Vietnam Airlines transporting drugs into the country via Tan Son Nhat Airport, the police have prosecuted a total of 22 cases and 65 defendants for illegally trading, transporting, and storing drugs, as well as for failing to report criminals and concealing crimes.
They also seized a total of 50 kg of various drugs, several guns, and many other related exhibits. The police said that the six drug smuggling cases were run by an overseas Vietnamese national who is residing in France. The shipments shared similar features and methods, with drugs being hidden inside products such as toothpaste and functional foods.
Once the drugs arrived in Vietnam they were delivered to an unknown person in the southern province of Dong Nai and then transported to specified locations throughout Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province for consumption.
Police forces of Ho Chi Minh City confirmed that the six drug smuggling cases were not related to the case of four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants transporting drugs from France to Tan Son Nhat Airport on March 16.