Busting a special case, seizing 6 packages of heroin and 1,200 drug pills

By Quang Hung/ Huyen Trang

10:59 | 10/01/2024 Anti-Smuggling Follow english.haiquanonline.com.vn on

VCN - The Drug Enforcement Team (Dien Bien Customs Department) has just coordinated with other forces to arrest a person carrying six packages of and 12,000 synthetic drug pills.

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The arrest Thong and drug

According to Son La Police, on January 6, 2024, the Drug-related Crime Investigation Police Division coordinated with other units to successfully arrest the suspect Song A Thong for "drug trafficking".

According to the police, in the Trung Chinh village area, Muong Hung commune, Song Ma district (Son La), the working group chaired by the Drug-related Crime Investigation Police Division, in coordination with the Song Ma district police, Muong Hung Commune Police, Drug Enforcement Team, Dien Bien Customs Department successfully arrested the suspect Song A Thong, born in 1993 (residing in Trung Chinh village, Muong Hung commune, Song district Code) for drug trafficking.

At that time, the authorities discovered another man was trading with Song A Thong. However, when the suspects discovered the authorities, that man quickly escaped to the border area adjacent to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the working group organized a pursuit but the man fled into the forest.

Evidence seized from the case included six packages of heroin, weighing more than 1.9 kg; more than 11,900 synthetic drug pills, weighing more than 1.1kg.

Dien Bien Customs arrests couple for drug trafficking

VCN – The Anti-drug Enforcement Team (under Dien Bien Customs Department) has arrested two suspects and seized ...

The authorites that in this case, the men abuse three young children (from 1 to 4 years old) to buy things, but the main purpose was still to sell drugs. When Thong was arrested, he made a deal to bribe the working group VND2 billion to escape the crime.

Currently, the case is being further investigated.

By Quang Hung/ Huyen Trang

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