Drug seizures from air cargo rise significantly in Vietnam: police

Toothpaste tubes containing drugs, including ecstasy, ketamine, and cocaine, in the carry-on luggage of four female attendants of Vietnam Airlines at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport on March 16. - Courtesy of HCM City's Customs

HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnamese police said drug seizures from air cargo mailed into the country had risen more in the first three months this year than in five years combined, online newspaper VnExpress reported on Thursday (April 27).

Synthetic drugs are trafficked by air to Vietnam from such European producer countries as Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, Belgium, and France, with profit rates ranging from between five times and ten times, said the Ministry of Public Security's Department of Drug Investigation Police Department.