Australian nabbed in vietnam for drugs
An Australian woman has been arrested in Vietnam for allegedly trafficking heroin, state media reported.the thanh nien news-paper said the 37-year old woman of vietnamese origin was detained yesterday at tan son nhat airport in the southern hub of ho chi minh city after authorities found nearly 5kg of heroin hidden in her luggage. the newspaper reported on monday that the woman told officials she was to be paid us€ 25,000 (about 876,000 baht) to transport the heroin to australia. other details were not immediately available. last month, an australian woman was sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin from vietnam to australia. ap