Nearly a ton of strange leaves containing extremely strong drugs seized

On June 5 alone, Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch seized 336 kg of Khat leaves containing extremely strong drugs.

Recently, Tan Son Nhat Customs has continuously detected and prevented 5 cases of illegal transportation of this type of leaf, including 4 cases imported from Africa and 1 case exported to the US.

Through further investigation, customs discovered an additional 100kg of leaves from an import company run by an African. In total, customs seized more than 1.2 tons of Khat leaves, which, if successfully transported to countries such as Europe or the US, would have an estimated value of more than 2.2 million USD.

Tan Son Nhat Customs caught a case of transporting strange leaves containing extremely strong drugs

This is a type of leaf that contains the extremely strong drug Cathinone, which is absolutely banned from use in medicine and social life according to regulations of the Vietnamese Government.

Taking advantage of preferential policies, some businesses have declared to be exempted from inspection. However, with professional skills, the cases have been detected, prevented and promptly arrested by customs forces. The trading and transportation of this type of leaf is a new method, trick, and new drug smuggling.

Recently, the Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch has continuously broken up many cases of illegal transportation of weapons and drugs, typically the illegal transportation of 3kg (9 cakes) of heroin wrapped in nylon, cleverly hidden in 5 jars of perch fish sauce, mixed in with food and personal belongings of the subject leaving the country on May 26./.

According to vov