Hanoi: Vietnam has sentenced 10 people to death for smuggling meth, ketamine and ecstasy across the country by train, state media reported as the communist country deepens its crackdown on drugs.
The gang shifted 300kg of drugs from northern Vietnam to the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City between 2015 and 2016, according to state-run media yesterday.
Five men and five women were given the death penalty after the trial this week in Hanoi, while two others got life in prison. “The two ringleaders were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for trafficking the drugs,” state-run Vietnamnet news site reported.The trial comes on the heels of several massive drugs busts in Vietnam, which boasts some of the world’s toughest drug laws.
Anyone caught with more than 600g of heroin or more than 2.5kg of methamphetamine can face the death penalty. Last week police seized half a tonne of ketamine in Ho Chi Minh City and arrested three Taiwanese and one Chinese citizen in the bust.The suspected overdose deaths of seven youngsters at a music festival in Hanoi last year stunned the conservative communist capital. — AFP
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