Man arrested in northern Vietnam for trafficking heroin cakes
Apr 16, 2022
Hanoi (Vietnam), April 16: Police of northern Vietnam's Lai Chau province have arrested a drug smuggler, seizing 19 cakes of heroin, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.
The 29-year-old suspect from the northern province of Dien Bien, was caught red-handed transporting the drug in Nam Nhun district of Lai Chau on Thursday.
An investigation into the cases is underway.
The Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes of Lai Chau has arrested eight smugglers and seized 73 cakes of heroin so far this year, the news agency reported.
According to the Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces the death penalty.
Source: Xinhua
