The trio were Truong Huu Tuan, 31, from Dong NaI province; Tran Ngoc Anh, 31, from Binh Duong province; and Nguyen Van Tuan, 26, from Thanh Hoa province.

The Drug Crime Investigation Division of the Hanoi Police Department, working alongside the Customs Department, discovered a shipment from France arriving at Noi Bai International Airport in mid-July, suspecting that it contained drugs.

Upon a closer examination, the police found eight boxes containing 97.5kg of synthetic drugs, which had been vacuum-sealed and disguised as wine bottles.

Secretly tracking the group to a location in Trung Van ward of Nam Tu Liem district, the police then caught Tran Huu Tuan red-handed transporting nine boxes from a car to a hotel at the European Overseas Vietnamese Village in Mo Lao ward.

A further investigation then led to the arrest of the two additional suspects, Tran Ngoc Anh and Nguyen Van Tuan.

The investigation is currently underway.