21 lion-shaped drug packages found drifting ashore
These 21 cakes of drugs were put into a plastic can, tightly wrapped in white nylon, with many Chinese characters and pictures of two lions printed on it.
On the morning of December 3, Colonel Hoang Thanh Phong, Deputy Commander of the Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Border Guard Command, said that the force had just assigned a working group to coordinate with Phong Hai Border Guard Station to receive a large quantity of drugs discovered by local people along the coast.
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| People handed over the drug boxes to the Border Guard. |
At around 4am (December 3), Mr. Ho Van Loc, 47 years old, residing in Tan My village, Quang Ngan commune, Quang Dien district, Thua Thien - Hue province, while going to the beach to collect scrap metal, discovered a blue plastic can. Mr. Loc opened the can and found 21 dark yellow rectangular cakes inside, wrapped tightly in white plastic, with many Chinese characters and pictures of two lions printed on them.
Immediately after that, Mr. Loc reported the incident to Phong Hai Border Guard Station. Officers of Phong Hai Border Guard Station invited Mr. Loc to work and receive this package.
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| 21 packages of drugs washed ashore. |
Colonel Hoang Thanh Phong, Deputy Chief of Operations, Border Guard Command of Thua Thien - Hue province, said that the Command has sent a telegram to all 6 coastal stations and Squadron 2 to notify local authorities and mobilize people in coastal areas to report and hand over the evidence to the Border Guard Station if they discover any drifting goods suspected to be drugs. If any people discover them but do not hand them over, they may be charged with illegal drug possession.
Previously, on the afternoon of November 30, people discovered25 bricks of drugs in plastic cans washed ashoreTam Thanh commune, Tam Ky city (Quang Nam).