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Heroin trafficker arrested in northern border Dien Bien province

Border guard forces in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on December 8 caught red-handed a man illegally transporting heroin in Nam Ke commune of Muong Nhe district.
Heroin trafficker arrested in northern border Dien Bien province ảnh 1Vang A Vu at the investigation office (Photo: VNA)

Dien Bien (VNA) – Border guard forces in the northwesternprovince of Dien Bien on December 8 caught red-handed a man illegally transportingheroin in Nam Ke commune of Muong Nhe district.

Vang A Vu, born in 1996 and residing in Co Lot village, Muong Nhecommune of Muong Nhe district, was arrested while he was riding motorbike fromCo Lot village to the neighbouring Lai Chau province.

He was carrying a bag with four bricks of heroin, weighing about 1.5kg.

Vu then admitted that he bought the drugs from a person in Yangxindistrict of China’s Yunnan province for 50,000 Yuan (7,273 USD) and kept at hisfamily’s field shack. He said that he was transporting the drugs to sell to abuyer in Lai Chau when he was arrested.

The case is under further investigation.-VNA
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