Over 3,000 drug pills found on central Vietnam beach
Monday, November 25, 2024, 17:18 GMT+7
A plastic bag containing 1,517 drug pills was found drifting to the Quang Ngai coast in central Vietnam on Saturday, bringing the total to over 3,000 drug pills discovered there in just one day.
Border guards in Quang Ngai Province reported on Sunday that a 74-year-old local man, Pham An, discovered a plastic bag containing white pills with a strong odor while collecting scrap along a beach in Binh Chau Commune, Binh Son District the day before.
The bag was found inside a plastic box. After inspecting it, An left the bag on the beach and continued his activities.
On Saturday evening, An heard his neighbors dicussing the discovery of thousands of drug pills in Binh Tri Commune, also in Binh Son, so he reported his findings to the Binh Hai Border Guard Station.
The border guard station later cooperated with local police to collect the drug pills, numbering 1,517.
The drugs were later identified as MDMA following a quick test.
|
|
| Border guards go to the scene where a local man found thousands of drug pills in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, November 23, 2024. Photo: Van Tanh / Tuoi Tre |
On Saturday morning, residents in Binh Tri had already discovered a plastic bag containing 1,500 white pills of suspected drugs, so they informed the Binh Thanh Border Guard Station of their findings.
The pills were later found to be MDMA and THC.
Within only 14 days in January this year, residents and authorities in Binh Hai Commune, Binh Son District found and collected 292 bags of drugs weighing nearly 300 kilograms on a local beach.
Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
