52 packages of suspected drugs wash up on beach in Vietnam’s Tien Giang
Sunday, March 31, 2024, 09:03 GMT+7
Police in Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam are investigating the discovery of 52 packages of suspected drugs that washed ashore onto a beach in Go Cong District, a senior officer confirmed on Saturday.
Many of the packages were first detected on the beach by a 49-year-old scrap collector, identified as Nguyen Minh H., at around 4:00 pm on Thursday.
After making the discovery, he continued to collect plastic items and scrap before heading back home.
By around 6:00 pm on Friday, when the man came to this area to collect scrap, he found that the packages remained there.
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| Many packages of suspected drugs are found washing ashore onto a beach in Go Cong District, Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam. Photo: A.X. |
He took one package and handed it in to police who then came to the scene and discovered 40 packages wrapped in plastic bags there, with each weighing some one kilogram.
These packages contained suspected powdered solid drugs.
On Saturday morning, police officers and border guards jointly conducted a search operation in the Go Cong waters, uncovering an additional 12 packages.
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