Kouch Pheng Leng, 44, was arrested while he was staying at a hotel on Ma Lo Street in Binh Tan District. There, the man was caught to store two plastic bottles which contained a total 1,913 ecstasy pills, equal to 627.18 grammes.
Kouch Pheng Leng at the police station
At the police station, he admitted that he had bought the drugs from a person in Cambodia at VND100,000 (USD4.34) per pill. When coming to Vietnam, he sold each pill at VND150,000 (USD6.52), giving him a huge profit each transaction.
He confessed said that he used to rent hotel rooms in the city to deal drugs to avoid detection.
The police have continued investigating the case.