HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Police of Vietnam's northern Son La province have detained two local people who traded and possessed two cakes of heroin and 8,000 pills of lab-made drug.

The detainees include a 53-year-old woman from Son La and a 40-year-old man from northern Hai Phong city, Vietnam News Agency reported on Sunday.

According to the Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty.