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Thai Nguyen: police ambush seizes 200 heroin bricks

Two drug dealers were caught carrying 200 bricks of heroin (70 kg) and 400 synthetic drug tablets during a police ambush in northern Thai Nguyen province at 2:15am on February 17.
Two drug dealers were caught carrying 200 bricks of heroin (70 kg) and400 synthetic drug tablets during a police ambush in northern ThaiNguyen province at 2:15am on February 17.

Pham VanThao, born in 1980 and from Thai Nguyen province and Le Van Hoat, bornin 1983 and from Nam Dinh province, were arrested while transportingdrugs in a car en route from northern Son La to Bac Kan province.

This is the biggest case reported in the province so far.

Further investigation into the case was launched.-VNA
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