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Thailand’s anti-narcotics police have seized 176kg of crystal methamphetamine hidden in the metal frames of electric treadmills bound for Japan.

Border guards of the central province of Quang Tri on November 6 coordinated with Lao competent forces to arrest three men, seizing 30,000 meth pills they were trafficking from Laos to Vietnam.

Customs officers arrested a Cambodian woman for attempting to smuggle five kilogrammes of crystal methaphetamine into Vietnam through Moc Bai international border gate in the southwestern province of

The border guard force in the central province of Quang Binh has busted a trans-border drug trafficking ring, arresting two Lao suspects and seizing 100,000 meth tablets.

The People’s Court of the northwestern border province of Son La handed death sentences to three defendants and life sentences to two others for trafficking during a trial on October 7.

The border guard, customs and police forces in the central province of Quang Tri have broken an international drug trafficking ring, arresting two Nigerian men and seizing 14.7kilogrammes of crystal meth.

Members of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on September 12 reviewed the prevention and control of law violations, criminals and corruption in 2019.

A ring trafficking drugs from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City has been uncovered by the city’s police after more than four months of investigation.

Ministers of some Asian countries and representatives of organisations pledged to promote bilateral, regional and international cooperation in combating drug crime in a joint statement issued at a meeting in Hanoi on September 10.

The police and border guard forces in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on September 1 arrested three men for trafficking 50 kg of methamphetamine.

Two traffickers were arrested for carrying 20,000 meth pills by border guard and anti-drug police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien on August 30.

Myanmar authorities confiscated 762 kilogrammes of methamphetamine worth more than 19 billion kyats (12.67 million USD) in eastern Shan state, according to the commander-in-chief of Defence Services Office said on August 26.

Police of Hanoi’s Long Bien district said on July 31 that they have detained three people for illegal drug transportation and trading.

Police of the northern Nam Dinh province has discovered nearly 13,000 drug trafficking cases and arrested over 14,600 relevant criminals over the past decade.

Police in Thailand said they have seized more than one tonne of crystal meth in a series of drug raids.

Police in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City have clamped down on a cross-border drug trafficking ring.

The Government has gradually reduced the number of compulsory drug rehabilitation centres and increased community or family-based recovery support models.

The Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City in coordination with competent forces on June 26 seized more than 14 kg of methamphetamine hidden in packages transported from foreign countries.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La on June 4 arrested a man when he was illegally transporting 20 bricks of heroin (about seven kilograms) in Co Phay hamlet, Tan Lap commune, Moc Chau district.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has praised efforts made by units in busting a big drug ring in the Mekong Delta province of Long An in May.