Quang Tri (VNA) – The border guard, customs andpolice forces in the central province of Quang Tri have broken an internationaldrug trafficking ring, arresting two Nigerian men and seizing 14.7kilogrammesof crystal meth.
On September 20, the border guards of Quang Tri examined apassenger car and detected a suitcase containing four packages of crystalmeth-like substances weighing 3.2kgs, but no one admitted to be its owner.
Latter the same day, the border guards, in collaborationwith customs and polices forces, caught red-handed Ekene Etemba, a Nigerian manborn in 1990, carrying 4 kilogrammes of crystal meth-like substance in Tan Longcommune, Huong Hoa district.
Expanding investigation into the case, the authorities found11 packages with total weight of 7.5 kilogrammes of the same substance, whichwas left in Duc Nhan restaurant in Lao Bao town, Huong Hoa district.
In the afternoon of September 20, the Border Station of the LaoBao Border Gate arrested Omeje Jonson Chibu, a 20-year-oldNigeria man, forillegal entrance. The man then confessed that he owns the package and left itat the restaurant.
Colonel Le Van Phuong, Commander of the Border Guard HighCommand of Quang Tri, confirmed that the seized substances are crystal meth,with total weight of 14.7kilogrammes.
The arrested suspects belong to an international drugtrafficking ring operating in the Golden Triangle, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam,he added./.