Noi Bai Airport authorities have handed over to the Hanoi police investigation into 10kg of methamphetamine they found in a consignment Tuesday.

The drug was hidden in 26 packages sent from Hanoi to Lam Dong, Giao Thong newspaper reported.

The airport security and other agencies tested the substance and identified it as crystal ice, the source said without elaborating on what the consignment was declared as.

A photo obtained by the newspaper showed a package containing digital video cameras inside which the drugs were hidden.

The police are trying to track down the consignor.