Hanoi police said officers of Co Do commune had detected and detained two people over alleged illegal narcotics trading.[1] Police found Tran Tuan Anh, born in 1999 and living in Hoang Liet ward in Hanoi, acting suspiciously at Mo crossroads in Mai Trai village, Co Do commune.[1] An administrative check found messages between Tuan Anh and a Telegram account named Lao Gia linked to alleged illegal narcotics trading.[1] Tuan Anh admitted that he was packing and selling cannabis on that account’s instructions.[1] Extended investigation identified the holder of the Lao Gia account as Ngo Duy Anh Dung, born in 2002 and residing in Tien Du ward, Bac Ninh province.[1] Dung admitted acting together with Tuan Anh in the alleged illegal narcotics trading.[1] Hanoi’s criminal investigation agency criminally detained both men to investigate them for illegal trading of narcotics under Article 251 of the Penal Code.[1]

An emergency search of Tuan Anh’s home seized 57.412 grams of cannabis along with two drug-tainted electronic scales, a vacuum sealer, plastic bags and a mobile phone.[1]

Police presented the case as a result of a year-end peak campaign against drug crime in late 2026.[1]

Hanoi police said two people were detained over illegal drug trading, with more than 57 grams of cannabis seized, after Cổ Đô commune police made the arrest on 29 October 2026.[2][3]

Officers seized 57.412 grams of cannabis from the home of one of the two men, along with two electronic scales, a vacuum sealer, plastic bags and a mobile phone.[3] The criminal police of Hanoi detained Tran Tuan Anh and Ngo Duy Anh Dung for illegal trading of narcotics under Article 251 of the Penal Code.[3]