Upon their arrest, authorities searched the group's backpacks and confiscated seven handguns, three rifles, two grenades, 470 bullets, two packets of a white powder suspected to be heroin, and many other exhibits.
The People’s Court of central Quang Binh province on August 28 handed a death sentence to a Laos national who stood trial for trafficking 308.6 kg of methamphetamine in Vietnam.
Hanoi’s police and customs forces have stepped up their fight against drug crimes since the beginning of this year as international criminal rings increase drug transport to the capital by air.
