Kon Tum border guards seize over 10,000 synthetic pills

VOV.VN - Border guards in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have arrested a Lao man on July 31 for trafficking in over 10,000 tablets of synthetic drugs.

Theo Ef, 49, from Thaphabath District, Borikhamxay Province, Laos was caught red-handed at 5.30pm at Iec village, Bo Y commune, Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province when he was transporting 10,020 tablets of synthetic drugs.

The border guards also detected many sharp knives and other weapons while searching his car.

All legal procedures are being completed to, together with evidence, be handed over to relevant agencies for further investigations. This is the largest amount of drugs that has been seized in recent years in the Central Highlands region.
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