Transnational drug trafficking ring busted
(VOV) -Police in the central province of Nghe An on September 13 arrested four drug traffickers suspected of involving in a transnational ring.
They raided An Phan hotel in Vinh city and found Hoang Van Phon, 50, Nguyen Thanh Tam, 36, keeping 100 ecstasy pills, 0.5kg of synthetic drugs, and a short gun with six bullets.
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Expanding the case, the investigation agency caught red handed Bien Van Hieu, 37, attempting to transport 20 heroin cakes and 4kg of synthetic drugs. Nguyen Van Thanh, another trafficker born in 1971, was also arrested with 1kg of synthetic drugs.
Preliminary investigations suggest the group was trafficking drugs from Laos to Nghe An before shipping the products onwards to southern provinces.
Law enforcement agencies are broadening the scope of their inquiries.