Tay Ninh (VNA) – A Vietnamese woman was arrested for smuggling 3,000 methpills from Cambodia to the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh on January 2, according tothe Moc Bai International Border Gate’s Border Guards.
Nguyen ThiNgoc Bich, 25, residing in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tung, was caught entering Vietnam illegallyfrom Cambodia by the border guards and local anti-drug and crime special forces while the forces werepatrolling the border areas in Thuan Tay village, Loi Thuan commune, Ben Caudistrict.
Bich, whoworks as a receptionist for a hotel in Cambodia’s Bavet city near the borderwith Vietnam, was later found carrying a teddy bear stuffed with over 3,000meth pills of different types.
Bich said shewent to Phnom Penh on January 1 to receive the drugs from two Cambodians andwas on the way to Tay Ninh’s Go Dau district to deliver them.
The Moc BaiInternational Border Gate’s Border Guards are coordinating with Bavet’s police to furtherinvestigate the case./.
VNA