Foreigners arrested in Vietnam over alleged drug-laced vape trafficking ring

Police in Vietnam have arrested 65 people, including ten foreign nationals, for allegedly operating a drug trafficking network that injected narcotic-laced e-liquid into e-cigarette pods and sold products to customers.

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uspects include four Singaporeans, four Malaysians, and two Taiwanese, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department’s Drug Crime Investigation Division said in a statement on Saturday.



Investigations began in early July after officers detected signs of the operation.



Following weeks of surveillance, police raided a rented house in Cau Ong Lanh, a ward in Ho Chi Minh city -seizing 1,331 e-cigarette cartridges and 140ml of etomidate-infused liquid.