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Dien Bien: Two arrested for transporting 4,000 drug pills

A man and a woman were arrested on October 16 for trafficking 4,000 synthetic drug pills in northern mountainous Dien Bien province.
Dien Bien: Two arrested for transporting 4,000 drug pills ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Dien Bien (VNA) – A manand a woman were arrested on October 16 for trafficking 4,000 synthetic drugpills in northern mountainous Dien Bien province.

Vu A Phong, born in 1995, and Mua ThiSua, born in 1991, both from Dien Bien were caught red-handed when carrying thedrug pills hidden inside 20 blue plastic bags in Ba Khom village, Nam Lichcommune of Muong Ang district.

The pair attacked the local policewith stones to resist arrest, leaving a policeman injured.

They confessed to purchase the drugsat a border area and were on the way to make sales.

The case is under furtherinvestigation.-VNA
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