1,200 drug addicts escape from rehab centre
Police in southern Ho Chi Minh City are still searching for nearly 500 drug addicts from two groups of nearly 1,200 who escaped from a rehabilitation centre, police said today.
The incident occurred on Sunday night when there was a fight between two groups of inmates; 798 inmates took advantage of the chaos to overpower security guards at the centre in Pham Van Coi village, said a village police officer.