Hanoi (VNA) – The border guard force in the central province of Ha Tinh arrested aman carrying 15kg of methamphetamine from Laos to Vietnam on March 18.
The arrest waspart of an operation in which the local border guard has worked with theGeneral Department of Vietnam Customs’ anti-smuggling inspection department andVietnam Coast Guard High Command’s drug crime prevention office.
The arrested manwas Thao Cu Mua, 31, from the Mong ethnic minority group in Laos’ Bolikhamsaiprovince. He was caught allegedly smuggling 15kg of methamphetamine containedin 15 yellow plastic bags.
Mua admitted thathe transported the drug into Vietnam for a Vietnamese person for 120,000 USD.
The case is underinvestigation.-VNA
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