11:21:16 AM | 8/6/2020
The illegal trade and trafficking of narcotics tended to increase. In July, many cases of drug trafficking were uncovered on airway. Drug trafficking across the land border was complicated with many serious cases uncovered.
From June 16, 2020, to July 15, 2020, customs authorities seized 1,081 violation cases with the commodity value of VND111.88 billion and collected VND67.11 billion for the State Budget. Customs authorities prosecuted four cases and transferred 10 cases to other agencies for prosecution.
Remarkable seizures included 150 bags of synthetic drugs (30,000 pills), five heroin cakes (1,750 grams) in Son La, and 54 heroin cakes in Dien Bien.
On July 2 and July 14, 2020, the Drug Control Team under the Hanoi Customs Department coordinated with the Customs Office of Noi Bai International Airport, police and Air Cargo Services Joint Stock Company of Vietnam (ACSV) to inspect three batches of functional foods sent from Germany to Vietnam, found 96 bottles of functional foods suspected of containing 16,544.9 grams of MDMA ecstasy and three bottles containing 298.91 grams of ketamine.
On July 18, 2020, the Southern Drug Control Team coordinated with police and border guard in Ho Chi Minh City to capture 40 kg of methamphetamine hidden in exported granite stones.
By Le Hien, Vietnam Business Forum
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