Three people were caught producing a huge amount of illegal drugs in HCM City's Go Vap District after an explosion occurred inside their rented house on March 20.

Local police confiscated an enormous quantity of heroin products in the house, including a one cake of heroin, two bags of heroin powder, a piece of pure heroin and nearly four kilos of synthetic drugs.

Police also found an electric stove and glass pot along with alcohol, acid and other materials used to produce drugs.

According to the city investigation agency, the criminals produced three batches of heroin, which were sold to a person in HCM City at the price of 200 million VND (9,000 USD) per kilo.-VNA