(VOV) -Police forces in the northwestern province of Lai Chau have uncovered a number of drug trafficking rings and seized thousands of synthetic drugs.
Since August 2013, local police have recovered more than 17,400 pills from four separate smuggling rings.
Lai Chau Provincial Police Department Deputy Director Colonel Le Van Bay said most perpetrators are local, Son La, or Lao Cai residents collaborating with Lao smugglers transporting drugs from the infamous Golden Triangle.
In early August, police in Lai Chau’s Than Uyen district caught red handed 29-year-old Son La resident Mua A Ky carrying 6,600 synthetic pills from Laos to Lao Cai province.
Ky confessed buying drugs from a Lao man named Mua A Su to sell to the Chinese national Ly A Po at the Lao Cai border gate.
On September 17, police arrested 45-year-old Giang A Hang attempting to smuggle 5,968 pills hidden in his motorbike.
More than 4,000 pills were seized when local police raided the Nam Nhu commune home of 19-year-old Thao A Nha in Dien Bien province’s Nam Po district on September 20.
Nha said he had spent VND120 million (over US$6,000) buying the drugs from Laos and was attempting to smuggle the narcotics through Lao Cai for eventual sale in China.
Đăng ký: VietNam News