Police in Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam are investigating a case where a 20-year-old man rented a local house and turned it into a workshop for processing synthetic marijuana.
A police officer from the city’s police agency said on Tuesday that dozens of police officers and investigators raided a house on Phan Vinh Street in Nha Trang City to arrest the man who was processing the illegal drug on Friday last week.
The arrestee was identified as Do Ngoc Tung, a resident of Vinh Truong Ward under Nha Trang.
Tung confessed to police that he bought various chemicals and herbs from Ho Chi Minh City to process synthetic marijuana.
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| Bags of synthetic marijuana processed at Do Ngoc Tung’s workshop in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Chi / Tuoi Tre |
Each kilogram of the illicit drug processed by Tung sold for up to VND4 million (US$164.3).
The ground floor of the property housed equipment, machines, chemicals, and materials for processing.
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| A machine (R) used by Do Ngoc Tung for processing synthetic marijuana in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Chi / Tuoi Tre |
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| A police vehicle is pictured transporting tools, equipment, and machines seized from a house used as a drug processing workshop in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. Photo: Ngoc Chi / Tuoi Tre |
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quoc Phong, head of the anti-drug investigative police team under the city’s police agency, said that some 273 kilograms of synthetic marijuana was seized.
Police also confiscated a number of bottles of chemicals, drug processing equipment, and machines.
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