A Thai woman was caught carrying 1.73kg of cocaine worth 11 billion VND (519,000 USD) at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

According to the airport’s customs office, the illegal substance was hidden in a box of incense in the passenger’s checked baggage, who admitted to having transported the drugs through four different countries before arriving in Vietnam.

The case is under investigation.

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