5kg of drugs hidden in functional foods for gym goers
In just a few days, airport customs discovered and seized nearly 11kg of drugs hidden in gift packages sent from abroad.
Through professional activities and monitoring of key routes for transporting drugs, the Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department suspected a number of packages.
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Drugs hidden in cans of functional foods for gym goers. |
Based on the above suspicions, the airport customs force used screening measures and sniffer dogs to detect 5.06 kg of marijuana. The above drugs were packaged in 20 vacuum-sealed nylon bags, hidden in functional food cans specifically for gym goers.
On December 31, 2020, airport customs also used sniffer dogs to detect 4.72 kg of marijuana hidden in 27 nylon bags. These drugs were also hidden in gift packages from Canada to Vietnam.