Disguising drugs in food and selling them online
The subjects confessed to contacting and trading drugs through social networking sites. When customers “placed orders”, the subjects would disguise the drugs in boxes of oatmeal, then package them and hire a shipper to deliver them.
On May 9, Hanoi City Police said that the Drug Crime Investigation Department had investigated and identified a group of people who disguised drugs in food to illegally trade on the internet.
Based on the collected documents, the Hanoi City Police Department has decided to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain 3 subjects for the act of "Illegal drug trafficking". The subjects include Do Thu Huong (born in 1991, residing in Van Chuong ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi), a subject with 2 previous convictions; Nguyen Phuong Anh (born in 1992, residing in Phuong Lien - Trung Tu ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi) and Nguyen Le Quan (born in 1994, residing in Dong Tam ward, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi).

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Previously, at around 9:00 p.m. on February 5, Kham Thien Ward Police, Dong Da District, on patrol in the area, discovered and caught Phuong Anh red-handed illegally buying and selling drugs in front of Alley 198, Xa Dan Street; the police seized 12.44 (g) of synthetic drugs. Searching Phuong Anh's residence at 78/241, Kham Thien Market Alley, Phuong Lien - Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da District, the police discovered and seized 1,577.51 (g) of synthetic drugs and 501.78 (g) of synthetic drugs in various tablet form.

Through investigation, Phuong Anh confessed that she and Quan bought drugs from Huong to sell for profit. Expanding the investigation, the police summoned Quan and Huong to work. During the investigation, 0.23 (g) of drugs that Quan had hidden on his person were seized; Huong voluntarily handed over 0.550 (g) of synthetic drugs hidden at her residence.
At the police station, the subjects confessed that they had contacted and traded drugs through social networking sites. When customers “ordered”, the subjects would disguise the drugs in boxes of oatmeal, then package them and hire a shipper to deliver them to deal with the authorities.
Currently, the Drug Crime Investigation Department of Hanoi City Police continues to investigate and expand the case according to regulations.