Cops among 11 on death row for drug trafficking


A court sentenced 11 people to death, including two police officers, after finding them guilty of trafficking drugs over the Laos border, state media reported.

After a two-day trial, the defendants were found guilty Wednesday by a Hanoi court of smuggling around 140kg of narcotics including methamphetamine and pills in 2019, VNExpress reported.

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