VietNamNet Bridge - Preyanooch Phuttharaksa (22), a design student of Thai nationality, was seized last Sunday night at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport for trafficking 3.1 kilos of methamphetamine, according to the drug crime investigation police department.

Previously on the evening of October 29, Preyanooch Phuttharaksa arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on flight numbered QR 688 departing from Doha (Qatar).

When she went through luggage check, custom officers found three suspicious yellow bags containing white solids under crystal form that she had hidden carefully under the second layer of the luggage.

Later, officers carried out a quick drug test and got a positive result for methamphetamine. They have also passed a sample to the Ministry of Public Security for further assessment.

Customs officers have handed her to the drug crime investigation police department to expand the investigation.

Previously on July 18, Tran Ha Tien (20) on a flight from Doha to Ho Chi Minh City was also found with a 4.1 kilo bag of drugs hidden at the luggage bottom. Her sister, Tran Ha Duy, who had just graduated, was also caught carrying another 4.1 kilo of crystal morphine.

Many female students have been found cooperating with drug barons to transport drugs across countries.

“The future of these young women who got involved in transnational smuggle has been closed because they may face the highest penalty for illegal drug trade,” said a representative customs officer.

Source: Tuoitre