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The trafficker (R) caught red-handed transporting drugs from Cambodia. (Photo: VNA)

Man caught red-handed transporting drugs from Cambodia

The border guard force of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta reported on January 3 that it had worked with relevant authorities to arrest a man involved in trafficking 22 kg of drugs from Cambodia into Vietnam.

 Eight arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos (Photo: VNA)

Eight arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos

Border guards of central Quang Nam province and relevant forces have arrested eight people for trafficking 198kg of drugs, including 44 heroin bricks and 181.75kg of other drug types, from Laos to Vietnam.

The case is detected in Chiangthong village of Paktha district in Bokeo on May 12. (Photo: VNA)

Laos raids big drug trafficking case

Anti-drug forces of Laos’s northern province of Bokeo have broken a drug trafficking case with a large amount of drugs and many related objects.

Six Lao nationals are arrested for transporting 121 kg of synthetic drugs from Laos to Vietnam. (Photo: Vietnam Border Guard)

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.

Mekong sub-regional countries unite to combat drug trafficking

Mekong sub-regional countries unite to combat drug trafficking

The Narcotics Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting in Hanoi on April 6 to review the operation of the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre (SMCC), which has been set up in all countries in the Mekong sub-region as part of their joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.
Public security – key but not the only force for drug prevention, control

Public security – key but not the only force for drug prevention, control

Drug prevention and control activities must be put under the leadership and direction of the Party Committees and administration at all levels, especially the grassroots level, with the People’s Public Security force playing the key role but not the only force in the work, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at an online conference on drug prevention and control on March 10.