Over 300 detained during police raid on northern Vietnam karaoke bar
Over 300 people at a karaoke bar in the northern Vietnamese city of Haiphong have been taken into custody after police held a crack-down the venue.
On June 29, officers carried out the sudden raid on Ruby karaoke bar on Ho Sen Street, Le Chan District, at around 1:00 am.
The facility is owned by 44-year-old Nguyen Thi Thuy and has become a favorite spot for ‘party-goers’ from Haiphong and other neighboring provinces during its four years of operation.
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| Suspects being escorted out of the karaoke shop in the northern Vietnamese city of Haiphong on June 29, 2016 |
About 300 officers and a drug-sniffing k-9 unit dispatched to the venue discovered crystal meth, ecstasy, and several other types of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
It took the law enforcement 10 hours to complete the inspection and over 15 vehicles to escort the suspects, many of whom tested positive for drugs, to the police station.
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| Suspects pictured inside a room at the karaoke shop at the time of the police raid on June 29, 2016. |
According to the municipal Department of Police, officers were still gathering statements from detainees in the evening of the same day.
The karaoke shop had been on the local police radar for awhile for drugs and, more recently, prostitution.
