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Kenyan woman sentenced to death for smuggling 2 kg of drugs through Vietnam

Kenyan woman sentenced to death for smuggling 2 kg of drugs through Vietnam

A Kenyan woman in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced to death for trafficking over 2 kg of drugs through Tan Son Nhat Airport.
American woman arrested for attempting to smuggle 4 kg of meth from Thailand to Singapore

American woman arrested for attempting to smuggle 4 kg of meth from Thailand to Singapore

'Too Hot to Handle' star avoids jail after smuggling 40 kg of cannabis from Thailand

'Too Hot to Handle' star avoids jail after smuggling 40 kg of cannabis from Thailand

100 police officers bust armed drug trafficking gang at Vietnam-Cambodia border

100 police officers bust armed drug trafficking gang at Vietnam-Cambodia border

Over 100 armed police officers orchestrated a coordinated raid Saturday on a drug trafficking gang in Tay Ninh Province that borders Cambodia, confiscating nearly 60 kilograms of drugs, along with firearms and ammunition.
November 16, 2024 | 06:18 pm PT
Eight Lao nationals arrested for smuggling 200 kg of drugs into Vietnam

Eight Lao nationals arrested for smuggling 200 kg of drugs into Vietnam

Vietnam border guards arrested eight Laos nationals on Thursday for trafficking nearly 200 kilograms (441 pounds) of illegal drugs into the country via the border in central Vietnam's Quang Nam Province.
May 30, 2024 | 04:51 pm PT
Drug dealers masquerade as tourist family in Da Lat

Drug dealers masquerade as tourist family in Da Lat

Several people were arrested by police of the Central Highlands' Lam Dong Province after masquerading as a family visiting Da Lat, in order to transport a kilogram of methamphetamine.
February 25, 2024 | 11:39 pm PT
15 suspected drug smugglers killed in Thai army shootout

15 suspected drug smugglers killed in Thai army shootout

Thai soldiers killed 15 suspected drug smugglers in a shootout in a remote northern district near the Myanmar border, an army official said Monday.
December 18, 2023 | 01:30 am PT
Drug bust yields 5 persons accused of $250,000 in smuggling

Drug bust yields 5 persons accused of $250,000 in smuggling

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh have detained five Vietnamese men for involvement in a ring accused of transporting VND6 billion ($252,000) worth of drugs from Laos to Vietnam.
February 18, 2023 | 09:09 pm PT
Heroin traffickers caught carrying Laotian shipment bound for China

Heroin traffickers caught carrying Laotian shipment bound for China

Two Vietnamese traffickers transporting heroin from Laos to Vietnam were arrested Thursday before they could ship it to China.
March 24, 2022 | 05:21 am PT
Vietnam seizes 4 kg synthetic drug shipment from Europe

Vietnam seizes 4 kg synthetic drug shipment from Europe

Hanoi Customs Department confiscated a package transported by air from Europe to Vietnam bearing four kilos of synthetic drugs.
October 9, 2021 | 02:00 am PT
Four Laotians arrested for smuggling 60,000 ecstasy pills

Four Laotians arrested for smuggling 60,000 ecstasy pills

Local police arrested four Laotians near central Quang Binh Province on Tuesday on drug smuggling charges.
January 8, 2020 | 03:45 am PT
An addict returns to rehab after kicking his habit

An addict returns to rehab after kicking his habit

His drug addiction took Minh to the verge of death, but he beat it. Now he helps others do the same.
June 12, 2019 | 08:53 pm PT
Drug mule kills border officer in central Vietnam

Drug mule kills border officer in central Vietnam

A Vietnamese border officer was killed and two others were wounded in a gunfight with drug smugglers on the Laos border Monday.
June 3, 2019 | 08:48 pm PT
Three arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos to Vietnam

Three arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos to Vietnam

Police have arrested three persons allegedly involved in smuggling narcotics from Laos across the border to Nghe An Province and Ho Chi Minh City.
June 2, 2019 | 04:31 pm PT
French drug smuggler sentenced to death in Indonesia

French drug smuggler sentenced to death in Indonesia

Indonesia on Monday sentenced a French drug smuggler to death by firing squad, in a shock verdict after prosecutors had asked for a long prison term.
May 20, 2019 | 01:24 am PT
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