Frenchman found growing 115 cannabis plants on Hanoi islet
Long Bien District police found 115 cannabis plants weighing about 34 kg, plus about 40 g of dried cannabis, on a 3,000 sq m Red River islet plot in Ngoc Thuy Ward on 5 June 2021. The plot was rented by a 55-year-old Frenchman; an investigation is under way and no detention was reported.
🇻🇳 Red River islet, Ngoc Thuy Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi · Vietnam
Police in Hanoi’s Long Bien District found a French national renting a 3,000-square-metre plot on a Red River islet to grow cannabis.[1][2]Frederic Tiberghien, 55, worked for a company in the northern Yen Bai Province, according to the district police.[1][2]
Officers discovered the plot on Saturday 5 June 2021 on the islet in the river section running through Ngoc Thuy Ward.[1][2]They seized 115 cannabis plants weighing around 34 kilograms, along with around 40 grams of dried cannabis.[1][2]An investigation is under way.[1][2]
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