Vientiane (VNA) - Police of Bokeo province innorthern Laos have confiscated more than 7 million amphetamine pills in one of manyconsecutive drug seizures in the country recently.
The police arrested four suspects after they found the pills on a bus thatwas passing through Bokeo’s Huayxai district in its journey to the capital city of Vientiane.A search of the vehicle discovered 3,565 packages containing the amphetamine pills and 193 othersof ketamine hidden under the floor.
The case came hot on the heels of another in Bokeo whenpolice in Tonpheung district caught two men red handed ferrying 2,800,000amphetamine pills on a boat across the Mekong River.
According to the Lao Ministry of Public Security, in the first half of thisyear, police processed 2,241 drug-related cases, with 3,452 people arrested,including 76 foreign nationals.
The police arrested four suspects after they found the pills on a bus thatwas passing through Bokeo’s Huayxai district in its journey to the capital city of Vientiane.A search of the vehicle discovered 3,565 packages containing the amphetamine pills and 193 othersof ketamine hidden under the floor.
The case came hot on the heels of another in Bokeo whenpolice in Tonpheung district caught two men red handed ferrying 2,800,000amphetamine pills on a boat across the Mekong River.
According to the Lao Ministry of Public Security, in the first half of thisyear, police processed 2,241 drug-related cases, with 3,452 people arrested,including 76 foreign nationals.
They seized nearly 46 million amphetamine pills weighing almost 4.7 tonnes, as well as nearly 2.5 tonnes of crystal meth, over 184kg of heroin, more than 4 tonnes of cannabis, 125kg of opium and other substances./.
VNA
