KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a male Vietnamese technical intern trainee for smuggling the drug ketamine for the purpose of sale last year, reports TV Asahi (July 12).
Truong Vuyet Hung, 28, is suspected of smuggling approximately 2.1 kilograms of ketamine, worth 42 million yen, for the purpose of selling it by hiding it in a cardboard box that was sent by mail from Slovakia last December.
According to police, the ketamine was in bags wrapped in silver paper concealed inside the cardboard box, which contained toys and sweets.
Police did not reveal whether Truong admits to violating the Narcotics Control Act.
Two other men have already been arrested in the case. It is believed that Truong gave them instructions over the phone.
Police believe Truong and his accomplices have smuggled a total of approximately 100 million yen worth of ketamine. Police are investigating whether a criminal syndicate is behind the smuggling.
