Customs officials at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport Tuesday handed over a Thai person to police for allegedly smuggling six kilograms of drugs into Vietnam.
According to customs officials, on Monday the 30-year-old Thai national was caught with 20 packets of methamphetamine in a double-layered suitcase when he arrived at the airport on a flight from Doha, Qatar.
Packets of methamphetamine found in the suitcase of a Thai national at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on Monday.
Earlier, on March 31, customs officials also found a Vietnamese carrying 5.9 kilograms of drugs in his suitcase as he was about to board a flight bound for Sydney, Australia.
Vietnam has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, which include the death sentence for those convicted of smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin.
According to customs officials, on Monday the 30-year-old Thai national was caught with 20 packets of methamphetamine in a double-layered suitcase when he arrived at the airport on a flight from Doha, Qatar.
Packets of methamphetamine found in the suitcase of a Thai national at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on Monday.
Earlier, on March 31, customs officials also found a Vietnamese carrying 5.9 kilograms of drugs in his suitcase as he was about to board a flight bound for Sydney, Australia.
Vietnam has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, which include the death sentence for those convicted of smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin.
