665kg of cannabis found in container shipped to Hai Phong
Vietnamese authorities found 665 kilograms of cannabis in a container that arrived in Hai Phong City on 11 December 2020 and was opened for repackaging at an industrial park. Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau later clarified that the container had come from Europe, not Singapore as first reported.
Vietnamese authorities seized665 kilograms of cannabis from a container that had been shipped to Hai Phong City, Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau said on 29 December 2020.[1]The container, declared as animal-feed raw materials for a Hanoi trading company, arrived on 11 December and was moved to an industrial park for repackaging, where the cannabis packages were discovered.[1]
Early reports said the container had been shipped from Singapore, but CNB checks showed it had departed from a European country, passed through another port of call, and never passed through Singapore.[1]CNB said it would keep working with foreign counterparts against transnational drug trafficking.[1]
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Phuc Loi ward police in Hanoi said they investigated 21 drug cases involving 25 suspects in the first 10 months of 2026, including an illegal cannabis-trading case with 39,544 grams seized. Police described the cannabis seizure as serious and large, showing resolute enforcement against drug crime.
Ho Chi Minh City police handled 6,401 drug cases involving 17,756 people in the first 10 months of 2026, seizing 518 kg of cannabis alongside synthetic drugs and heroin. Police said large interprovincial and transnational rings were dismantled as part of a drive toward a drug-free city by 2030.
Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport found about 25.4 kg of dried herb believed to be cannabis in a transit passenger's checked suitcase on 25 October 2026. The passenger, Jesus Sanchez Gomez, said he was paid €4,000 to carry it from Cambodia to France, and customs handed him and the case to Hanoi's drug police.
At a 7 September 2026 inter-agency conference, the drug police reported 17,600 cases and nearly 35,400 suspects since the start of the year. Seizures included 407 kg of cannabis, 99.8 kg of heroin, 953 kg and nearly 900,000 pills of synthetic drugs, and 1.16 tonnes of ketamine. The case and suspect figures cover all drugs; the cannabis figure is a seizure total.
