Drug trafficking

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Police said on September 9 that they busted a ring smuggling a combined 47 kilogrammes of drug from Cambodia to the Vietnamese southern hub. The ring was smashed on September 2, they revealed. Bui Thi Kieu Loan (born in 1985), Nguyen Hoang Tu (born in 1984) and Pham Dinh Nhan (born in 1977) were caught red handed while receiving the drug conceived in two fruit boxes from a transporter they hired at a market in Hoc Mon district on the outskirts of HCM City. The drugs include nearly 30 kilogrammes of crystal meth, over 9.2 kilogrammes of ketamine, 15 bricks of heroin and 20,000 ecstasy tablets. Further investigation into the case is underway. Vietnam is one of the countries with strictest penalties against drugs trafficking, with those found with more than 100 grams of heroin or cocaine facing death penalty./. … [Read more...] about Large ring trafficking drugs from Cambodia busted

Synthetic drugs seized in the drug trafficking ring – PHOTO: TNO HCMC – The police of HCMC, the country's largest city by population, on October 27 announced that they have cracked down on a large-scale drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to the city, seizing 100 kilograms of synthetic drugs, including 12,000 ecstasy pills, 32 packs of heroin and other related equipment and vehicles serving the illegal activity. … [Read more...] about Police bust massive drug trafficking ring, seize 100 kilograms of drugs

Nghia, a mechanic, rode a motorbike to Que Phong District that borders Laos last Saturday to pick up a suitcase stuffed with drugs, hid it in his house and was waiting for a chance to transport it to the south, authorities said. … [Read more...] about Man caught with over 15 kg of drugs

The arrests on Friday came after over 100 police officers simultaneously raided dozens of places in HCMC's Districts 1, Binh Thanh and Thu Duc and neighboring provinces of Binh Duong and Tay Ninh, seizing over 100 kg of synthetic drugs and more than 10 kg of heroin, a top police officer told VnExpress. … [Read more...] about 15 arrested as HCMC police seize 100 kg of drugs

Colonel Le Van Phuong, Commander of the provincial border guard, said the Lao nationals are drug dealers regularly operating along the two countries’ shared border near Vietnam’s Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri. … [Read more...] about Eight Lao nationals caught smuggling 10kg of meth into Vietnam