Australian drug suspect arrested in Vietnam
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An Australian woman has been arrested at a southern Vietnam airport after customs officials allegedly found her hiding more than 73 grams of heroin in her underwear.
Online VnExpress reports Nguyen Thanh Huyen, 22, who is of Vietnamese origin, was taken into custody Sunday night while in transit at Ho Chi Minh-City on a flight from Hanoi to Australia.
According to the online newspaper, she had hidden two small packages of "white powder", later identified as heroin, in her underwear.
Airport customs officials could not be reached for comment.
