Large volume of illicit drugs found in grocery in southern Vietnam
Monday, June 17, 2024, 13:25 GMT+7
Police examined a grocery in Chau Doc City under An Giang Province, southern Vietnam in early June, discovering a large volume of narcotics.
The investigation agency of the provincial Department of Public Security said on Sunday that it had decided to charge several individuals involved in a case in which police found illegal drugs stored in a grocery in Chau Doc City.
Tran Thanh Tam, 37, Nguyen Dao Nguyen, 39, Nguyen Anh Phi, 21, and Bui Minh Doan, 22, all of them living in Chau Doc City, were detained and faced prosecution for allegedly storing and trading illicit drugs.
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| Four subjects arrested for storing illicit drugs in a grocery in southern Vietnam. Photo: Tien Van / Tuoi Tre |
According to the investigation result, in early June, the city’s police conducted an inspection into a grocery called ‘A Sim’ at 251 Truong Dua Street in Chau Phu A Ward after it had shown some signs of trading e-cigarettes and aphrodisiacs.
During the examination process, the police discovered and seized a plastic bag containing over 253 grams of methamphetamine, and ketamine, and a large volume of ecstasy hidden in Tam’s bedroom.
Nguyen, Phi and Doan confessed to the police that they had joined Tam in having traded illegal drugs since early 2024.
The police are investigating the drug trading ring.
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