[Vnbiz] Australian woman arrested in Vietnamese heroin bust

[Phan, Tai]

Thursday, February 15, 2007. 2:17pm (AEDT)
Australian woman arrested in Vietnamese heroin bust
An Australian woman of Vietnamese origin has reportedly been arrested for drug trafficking.

A state-run Vietnamese newspaper quotes officials as saying the 33-year-old woman was detained in Vietnam on Tuesday after trying to board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney.

She allegedly had more than 1,500 grams of heroin hidden in her shoes and luggage.

Trafficking of more than 600 grams of heroin in Vietnam is punishable by death or life imprisonment.

- Reuters