On February 14th, the Vung Tau City Police ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) announced that they had received a plastic bag suspected of containing drugs, which was found on the beach and handed over by a male tourist.

According to initial information, at around 10:30 PM on February 13th, while strolling on Vung Tau's Back Beach, Mr. TVD (41 years old, residing in Binh Phuoc province) saw a plastic package weighing about 1kg washed ashore, with foreign writing on the outside.

Suspecting it was drugs, Mr. D contacted the local police and handed it over.

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A plastic bag suspected of containing drugs was handed over to the authorities. Photo: CACC

Upon preliminary inspection, local police suspected the plastic bag contained methamphetamine, so they drew up a report, notified the competent authorities, and handed over the evidence to the relevant agencies for investigation and examination.