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Vietnam Arrests Online Gangster ‘Sáng Con’ on Drug Charges

From Tuổi Trẻ · () Vietnamese

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  • Vietnamese police arrested and detained Cao Ngọc Sáng, known as Sáng Con, to investigate alleged illegal drug possession.
  • Hanoi police also charged five other people with drug possession, organizing illegal drug use and failing to report a crime.
  • Sáng Con has nearly 200,000 Facebook followers and nearly 40,000 TikTok followers, and regularly appeared in online videos portraying an “online gangster” lifestyle.

Cao Ngọc Sáng, a social media figure known as “Sáng Con,” has been arrested and placed in temporary detention in Vietnam in a case involving alleged illegal drug possession.

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security said on Sept. 7 that it coordinated with other units and local authorities to arrest Sáng, 36, who lives in Thanh Hóa. Hanoi police have opened a case and charged Sáng and five others with illegal drug possession, organizing illegal drug use and failing to report a crime.

Sáng is known online for his heavily tattooed body. His Facebook page has nearly 200,000 followers, while his TikTok account has nearly 40,000.

On TikTok and Facebook, he frequently appeared in short films built around an “online gangster” style, featuring themes of brotherhood and how people should treat one another. Police said the case remains under investigation.

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Originally published by Tuổi Trẻ in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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