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Vietnam and the Mekong’s Synthetic Drug Epidemic
Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face death – the country has also been facing the existence of a key smuggling ...
Hai Thanh Luong
Huge ganja bust on Mekong riverbank, smugglers flee
A security patrol team seized almost 500kg of compressed marijuana abandoned by a smuggling gang on the bank of the Mekong River in That Phanom district on Tuesday night. The team, comprising soldiers, border patrol police and officials, spotted four or five men unloading sacks ...
Thailand to allow Malaysian police to question arrested drug smugglers
Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) is willing to let its Malaysian counterpart interrogate suspected syndicate members caught in this country while trying to smuggle a large amount of drugs into Malaysia. Keep reading ...
Bernama Reporter
