Lao Cai (VNA) – Policein the northern border province of Lao Cai on August 6 arrested two men for smugglingten bricks of heroin (about 3.5 kg).
Sen. Lieut. Colonel Do Tuan Son, head of Lao Cai city’s police division, saidon August 7 that the arrestees are Sung A Nhia, born in 1987 and residing inNam Chua commune, Nam Bo district, Dien Bien province, and Thao Seo Su, born in1990 and residing in Sin Cheng commune, Si Ma Cai district, Lao Cai province.
The police seized the suspects in Pho Moi ward, Lao Cai city, and found the drugsin their backpack.
The men confessed that they bought the heroin from China and intended to sellit for 1.5 billion VND (64,500 USD).
In June, Lao Cai’s police also caught three men who illegally transported 16bricks of heroin in Muong Khuong district.
This was an inter-provincial andtrans-national drug trafficking ring from Laos to the Central Highlandsprovince of Dak Lak, and via Lao Cai to China.-VNA
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