The number of drug users in the Philippines has declined by more than half from 4 million in 2016 to 1.67 million in 2019, three years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown on drug use, a survey has shown.
The People’s Court of the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh on August 7 handed a death penalty to a 40-year-old Singaporean man for drug trafficking.
Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau announced on August 2 that authorities have arrested 1,374 suspects and seized drugs worth about 535 million baht (17.1 million USD) in a crackdown in the northern region from April to June.
Police in Muong Lat district in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 27 said they have arrested a smuggler of nearly 2,000 methamphetamine pills.
A man was caught for transporting a huge amount of synthetic drug pills and heroin into Vietnam for consumption, said the Border Guard Command of the central province of Nghe An.
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.