
CRIME: COURT SENTENCES 27 TO DEATH OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in Vietnam sentenced 27 people to death on Friday after finding them guilty of trafficking more than 600 kilos of narcotics including heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine, state media reported.
The gang smuggled 626 kilos (1,380 pounds) of drugs from Cambodia into Vietnam between March 2018 and November 2022, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
AFP
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