HANOI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Lao man was detained by the border guard force of Vietnam's central Quang Tri province on Tuesday when he was transporting 65,800 pills of methamphetamine from Laos to Vietnam.
The 19-year-old detainee confessed that he had been hired to transport the synthetic drug by a 27-year-old man from Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province, and a 19-year-old woman from northern Tuyen Quang province, the border guard force said, adding that relevant Vietnamese agencies arrested the duo for further investigation.
According to Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 km of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty.
