Transnational drug trafficking ring smashed

Three drug traffickers arrested. — Photo vov.vn photo

QUẢNG TRỊ (VNS) – A transnational drug trafficking ring has just been smashed by the police of Việt Nam and Laos.

Three Laotian gang leaders of the ring were caught in the act, while making transactions in the border province of Quảng Trị.

The police seized 4kg of heroin, 42,000 ectasy pills, a car with Laotian registration plate and personal papers.

The traffickers, who had travelled to Việt Nam as tourists several times, told the police the drugs had been bought in Vientiane and then brought to Việt Nam.

According to the provincial police, this was the largest drug trafficking ring to be discovered in the border area. — VNS

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