Over 1.6 tonnes of drugs burnt in HCM City

Police and related agencies in HCM City have burned over 1.60 tonnes of drugs confiscated from 147 criminal cases.

Police and related agencies in HCM City on Thursday burned over 1.60 tonnes of drugs confiscated from 147 criminal cases.

This was one of the largest operations to destroy confiscated drugs in recent years in the city.

 

 

Police and related agencies in HCM City burn over 1.60 tonnes of drugs confiscated from 147 criminal cases on September 28.

Local authorities have set up a task force to destroy the large-sized haul.

After the incineration, the task force will conduct a final inspection to ensure that the remains are no longer usable.

According to the HCM City Civil Judgment Enforcement Department, the amount of drugs was so large it was impossible to destroy it any other way than by incineration.

In the first half of this year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs solved 140 drug trafficking cases and arrested 148 criminals, marking a decrease of 7.3 percent in terms of cases but an increase of 0.7 percent in the number of arrests compared to the same period from 2022.

The customs officers reported that the criminals were using increasingly sophisticated ways of hiding their operations. In addition, the amounts of drugs seized via air routes had also increased, with the majority transported from Europe.