Singer Miu Le, real name Le Anh Nhat, along with two friends, has been temporarily detained and indicted for illegally organizing drug use after police gathered evidence.
Pham Quang Thien, former vice chairman of Phu Lam ward, was sentenced to 7 years in prison, but the court found no basis to determine if he or his companion initiated drug use with two female attendants.
Hoang Duc Khan was apprehended while attempting to transport 24,000 methamphetamine pills through Cau Treo International Border Gate in Son Kim 1 commune, reportedly for a 30 million VND payment.
Over 412 kg of cannabis, with a total value exceeding 92 billion VND, was distributed by Nguyen Phi Co's ring via Telegram and stored in luxury apartments in Hanoi and TP HCM.
Ha Ngoc Giang, a gangster with two prior convictions, bought and reinforced an old shipping container, placing it on a chicken farm to use as a drug and weapons stash.
Drug gangs are employing sophisticated chemical methods to produce cocaine that sniffer dogs and conventional scanners cannot detect when smuggled into Europe.
