8kg of synthetic drugs is found inside packs of puzzles at Mộc Bài Border Gate on July 17, 2019. — VNA/VNS Photo TÂY NINH — With the year coming to a close, drug trafficking in southern Viet Nam is on the rise, according to local authorities. A total 5kg of synthetic drugs was found in luggage belonging to Cambodian national Miech Sreyneang after being scanned at Mộc Bài Border Gate in the southern province of Tây Ninh on December 2. Earlier, on October 27, Mộc Bài Border Gate customs seized 5kg of meth hidden inside Cambodian man Hai Dieb’s bag. He was then arrested for further investigation. Some 13kg of synthetic drugs was confiscated by the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Anti-smuggling investigation and HCM City Police in September also at the border gate. The drugs were hidden inside the engine block of a coach from Phnom Penh en route to HCM City. Heroin, cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are taken from Cambodia and hidden among imported cargo and tourists luggage through local border gates of Mộc Bài and Xa Mát to HCM City and other southern provinces. Traffickers try all means to disable scanners and service dogs,… Read full this story
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