Border guards commended for seizing big haul of drug
The Vietnam Border Guard High Command on May 9 commended the drug and crime control department of the border guard force and border guards from the central province of Ha Tinh for seizing a big haul of drugs smuggled from Laos to Vietnam.
Six Lao nationals are arrested for transporting 121 kg of synthetic drugs from Laos to Vietnam. (Photo: Vietnam Border Guard)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Border Guard High Command on May 9 commended the drug and crime control﷽ department of the border guard force and border guards from the central province of Ha Tinh for seizing a big haul of drugs smuggled from Laos to Vietnam.
On May 6, the local border guards caught red-handed six Lao nationals transporting 121 kg of synthetic drugs from Laos in a car with a Lao license plate at the Cau Treo International Border Gate area in Son Kim 1 commune, Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province.
One day later, at the Cau Treo International Border Gate, they coordinated with local customs officers to arrest two people, both residing in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province, who were found keeping 12,000 synthetic drug pills in a car with a Lao license plate.
At the same border gate, the forces on May 9 seized two Lao nationals, along with 45,000 synthetic drug pills, 30 heroin bricks, 21 kg of Ketamine, and 20 kg of synthetic drugs./.
The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) under the Ministry of Public Security announced on November 24 that it has smashed a cross-border drug production and trafficking ring and launched legal proceedings against seven suspects.
The Customs Department of the central province of Quang Tri said on March 11 that they had coordinated with the provincial police and border guard to break up a drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam.
Over 100kg of drugs were seized and 15 more suspects were arrested as a result of expanded investigation into a drug trafficking ring that transported drugs by sea from HCM City to the Republic of Korea.
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