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Asia:
Police
in
Ho
Chi
Minh
City
Detain
650
in
Nightclub
Drug
Sweep
4/15/2005
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/382/saigon.shtml
Following the lead of its
neighbors in what has become the world's most repressive region in the
war on drugs, Vietnamese police over the weekend rounded up more than 650
people in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) nightspots and forced them to undergo
on-the-spot urine tests, the newspaper Thanh Nien (Young People) reported
Monday. After waiting hours for drug test results, more than 100
people reportedly tested positive for the popular party drug ecstasy.
Extra police had to be called
to the scene to keep order as hundreds of youths converged on police headquarters
in the middle of the night to see what was happening. Eventually,
all nightclub patrons were released, but it was unclear whether those who
tested positive would be charged or face other penalties.
According to the Associated
Press, ecstasy use is common at nightclubs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
In March, police in Ho Chi Minh City broke-up three major ecstasy trafficking
rings, driving the price per tablet up from $15 last month to $22 now.
Mass sweeps of nightclub
patrons in search of drug offenders are not uncommon in Southeast Asia.
They have occurred in Bangkok, Singapore, and most recently, Malaysia,
as authorities in Southeast Asia seek to suppress an ever-rising level
of drug use, especially methamphetamines.
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