HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Police of southern Vietnam's Binh Duong province have arrested a local man and seized more than eight kilograms of synthetic drugs, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported on Thursday.
The 37-year-old man from the central Nghe An province was arrested in late May with 23,200 ecstasy pills. The man admitted that the drugs had been bought from abroad for domestic use, the news agency reported.
On Wednesday, border guard forces of the northern Son La region and relevant authorities arrested a 22-year-old local man for transporting 2,000 pills of synthetic drugs, according to a VNA report.
A day later, the local authorities arrested another man, aged 38, and seized 400 pills of synthetic drugs, according to the report.
Under the Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kg methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces the death penalty.
