The arrests follow similar detentions of four Vietnam Airlines cabin crew members in March. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Vietnamese authorities have arrested 65 people for smuggling 50kg of drugs into the country.The arrests follow similar detentions of four Vietnam Airlines cabin crew members in March.
The flight crew had said they were hired to transport the toothpaste, which amounted to around 60kg in weight. But they said that they did not know the tubes contained drugs.Vietnamese police said this week they uncovered another six shipments of drugs being smuggled into the country via the same route.
The police believe the same smuggling ring that hired the flight attendants directed the 65 suspects, and the syndicate likely taps Vietnamese nationals studying and living in France to transport drugs into Vietnam.
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