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The Drug Crime Investigation Department (PC47) under Ho Chi Minh City Police has busted a major drug trafficking ring, seizing a total of 9.4 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.

Police in Cao Phong district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on March 19 arrested a man transporting drugs from Laos to Vietnam.

The border guard force in the central province of Ha Tinh arrested a man carrying 15kg of methamphetamine from Laos to Vietnam on March 18.

Bars in Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang Nam must reduce the volume of music from 10pm and stop serving before midnight every day.

Traffic police in the northern province of Hai Duong have detained three people for illegally transporting two kilogrammes of drugs and 4,000 methamphetamine pills.

Hanoi’s narcotics police have caught two men for illegally transporting a large amount of heroin from the mountainous Northwest for retail dealers in the capital city.

Two men were arrested on November 17 in Na Meo commune, Quan Son district, the central province of Thanh Hoa, for allegedly transporting 26,200 methamphetamine pills.

Police of Hanoi’s Thach That district have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly transporting 8,000 methamphetamine pills and two packs of heroin.

Law enforcement authorities of northern Dien Bien province on September 27 arrested one drug trafficker and seized 24,000 methamphetamine pills.

A record haul of more than four million methamphetamine pills was seized in northern Thailand, said Thai police on August 17.

A 49-year-old Lao national was arrested in Ngoc Hoi district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on July 31 for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 10,000 drug pills into Vietnam.

Police of Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested two people for allegedly transporting 6,000 methamphetamine pills on July 27.

Police in the northern border province of Lai Chau said on July 13 that they have busted a trans-regional drug ring and seized 300,000 pink-coloured Methamphetamine pills weighing more than 30kg.

Indonesian authorities on July 13 said the country’s police, in cooperation with Taiwanese-Chinese police, have seized one tonne of crystal methamphetamine attempted to be smuggled to the country from China.

The Hanoi People’s Court on June 5 sentenced four defendants from 30 months to 20 years in prison for illegally shipping drugs to Russia.

Ho Chi Minh City police recently busted two illegal drug rings, arresting 15 suspects and seizing 520,000 MDMA pills and 120 kg of powder drug equal to one million crystal methamphetamine pills worth more than 200 billion VND (8.8 million USD).

The Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested two members of a drug trading racket while seizing 4.2 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, 292 ecstasy pills, two guns and 1 billion VND (44,000 USD).

Police of Ho Chi Minh City has smashed a ring trafficking drugs from China to the southern city of Vietnam, seizing 14kg of methamphetamine and detaining six dealers involved.

Border guards at the Mong Cai Border Gate with China in Quang Ninh province confirmed on July 31 that the three kilos of white-coloured crystal they had seized earlier were illegal drugs.

The customs division at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City was rewarded by the city authorities on June 20 in recognition of its discovery of multiple drug and arms smuggling.