Hanoi (VNA) – Police recently cracked down on amajor transnational ring that trafficked heroin from Cambodia to Taiwan (China)through Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security said on December 5.

On March 27, police examined a truck moving inDistrict 12 of Ho Chi Minh City and discovered 895 heroin bricks on thevehicle. A Taiwanese named Chen Tsen Wei, born in 1986, was detained.

Given the large amount of the seized heroin, thepolice decided to expand investigation into the case.

After Chen was arrested, Taiwanese ringleadersin Cambodia ordered two other Taiwanese named Yang Po Hung and Yang Kai Chen toenter Vietnam and continue transporting drugs from Cambodia to HCM City. 

The two took advantage of several Vietnamese’snames to rent five places in Binh Chanh district of HCM City, which they usedas homes and production facilities and warehouses to disguise the storage andtransport of heroin. Heroin was hidden inside containers of goods like adhesivetapes, waste or plastic beads to be shipped to Taiwan by sea.

On November 3, police concurrently searched thefive locations, confiscating 446 bricks of heroin.

In relation with this case, on October 18,Taiwanese police also seized a container filled with 400 bags of plastic beadssent from HCM City, finding 56 heroin bricks in 11 bags. They arrested Yang PoHung and Yang Kai Chen.

So far, Vietnamese and Taiwanese authoritieshave arrested three Taiwanese in this ring, issued a wanted notice for another,and seized 1,397 heroin bricks ./.