The border guard and police forces in the northern border province of Son La on October 29 arrested a man for drug trafficking, and seized two bricks (about 680g) of heroin, 3.5kg of opium and a gun.
The police in Muong Nhe district, the northern border province of Dien Bien, in coordination with the local border guards and customs force have arrested a drug trafficker and 10 bricks (3.4kgs) of heroin.
Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested a suspect illegally transporting nearly 6.5 kilogrammes of heroin in Long Luong commune, Van Ho district, on April 17.
Border guards of the central province of Thanh Hoa on March 11 caught a man red handed in the act of trafficking 6 kg of crystal meth from Laos into Vietnam.
The border guard force in the central province of Nghe An said it has caught a suspect who was trafficking 3,000 synthetic drug pills from Laos to Vietnam.
The Ministry of Public Security on July 16 issued an international arrest warrant for Vu Hoang Oanh, born in 1957 in the northern city of Hai Phong, on the charge of illegal drug trafficking.
Police in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan district have arrested Giang A Senh, a local of Mai Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh for allegedly transporting about 7kgs of heroin.
Authorised forces in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 26 arrested a person carrying one kilogramme of methamphetamine while illegally entering Vietnam.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged ministries and agencies to enhance measures to prevent and controlHIV/AIDS, drugs and prostitution from now to the end of the year.
Vietnamese and Lao border provinces signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in preventing and combating cross-border drug crimes at a meeting in Dien Bien province on December 8.
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