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Police busted many drug trafficking rings in the first quarter of 2019, seizing over 6 tonnes of drugs – higher than the amount seized last year and tripling that in 2017.

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.

Vietnamese police on April 15 seized 600kg of methamphetamine when they searched a house in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An.

Police in Song Ma district of the northern border province of Son La arrested three drug traffickers and seized more than 7,000 drug pills on April 12.

Police in the northwestern border province of Dien Bien have seized 110,000 methamphetamine pills in two separate cases.

Thai police on March 21 announced they have captured drugs worth about 800 million THB (25 million USD) in their recent three busts against the crime.

Two Lao nationals were arrested on suspicion of smuggling 12,000 methamphetamine pills in Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 4.

Border guards and other forces in the central province of Nghe An on February 25 arrested a man suspected of trafficking 4,800 methamphetamine pills.

Nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 2,000 meth pills were seized after three drug traffickers were arrested in Huong Son district of the central province of Ha Tinh on February 15 evening.

Police in the northwestern mountainous province of Son La arrested a local man on February 12 for illegally storing 3,200 methamphetamine pills.

A Tanzanian man was arrested on Bali resort island of Indonesia after more than a kilogram of methamphetamine was found inside his stomach, said Indonesian authorities on February 12.

Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa said on January 22 that they had busted two drug rings from Laos, seizing more than 6,000 methamphetamine pills, a brick of heroin (350g), one kg of crystal meth and weapons.

Police from the north-central province of Thanh Hoa have arrested two men attempting to traffick 17,133 synthetic drug pills and two kilograms of methamphetamine.

Police in the northern border province of Son La on October 31 caught red-handed two man smuggling drugs in Cuong Muong hamlet, Muong Chum commune, Muong La district.

Police of the northern port city of Hai Phong announced on October 29 that they had just busted a major drug trafficking ring and seized 2.95 kilograms of Methamphetamine.

The border guard force in the central province of Ha Tinh and authorized forces on October 25 arrested two men who were smuggling 32 kilogrammes of methamphetamine and ten bricks of heroin from Laos to Vietnam.

Authorities in the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh have busted a drug trafficking ring who were transporting 12kg of methamphetamine from Cambodia into Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 18 for heads of delegations attending the sixth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD-6).

Police of Quynh Nhai district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 28 arrested four men when they were illegally transporting about 54,000 methamphetamine pills to neighbouring Lao Cai province.

The border guard force of the central province of Quang Tri, in cooperation with Lao authorised agencies, have arrested drug smugglers from Laos, seizing 200,000 methamphetamine pills.