HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has just cracked down a drug trafficking ring which transported lab-made drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam, the municipal police announced Saturday.
The ring, led by Luu Van Chang, born in 1974 from southern Tay Ninh province, transported drugs from Cambodia via a border gate in southern Long An province to Ho Chi Minh City.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the drugs were kept by two Australian men of Vietnamese origin. In the city, one of the Australian citizens and Chang's wife transported the drugs to their customers.
The municipal police have arrested eight people, the ring's members and their customers, confiscated nearly 15,500 pills of ecstasy, and roughly 2 kg of other lab-made drugs.
According to Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty.
