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Lao Cai razes drug trafficking ring with 329 bricks of heroin

The police of the northern border province of Lao Cai have brought to light the biggest drug trafficking ring, arresting two suspects and seizing 329 bricks (about 120kg) of heroin worth about 69 billion VND (3.03 million USD).
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Lao Cai (VNA) – The police of the northern border province ofLao Cai have brought to light the biggest drug trafficking ring, arresting twosuspects and seizing 329 bricks (about 120kg) of heroin worth about 69 billionVND (3.03 million USD).

In the afternoon of May 15, local police arrested Nguyen Van Dai, bornin 1975 and residing in Thach Son commune, Anh Son district of the centralprovince of Nghe An, and Nguyen Van Ly, born in 1991 and residing in Anh Sontown, Anh Son district of Nghe An for illegally transporting the heroin.

The duo drove a Ford Ranger car with 329 heroin bricks hidden in manyplaces of the car such as floor and oil tank.

At the police station, they admitted that they were transporting thedrug from Nghe An to Lao Cai for cross-border sale.

The provincial police started keeping an eye on the case from April 27,2016.

They launched activities to uncover the ring on May 6, 2018 under the instructionof Colonel Dinh Tien Quan, Director of the Lao Cai Department of PublicSecurity and Colonel Hoang Manh Hung, Vice Director of the department.

The case is under further investigation.-VNA
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