Lao national arrested for transporting drugs into Vietnam
VOV.VN - Police operating in Dakrong district the central province of Quang Tri have arrested a Lao national for transporting a huge quantity of drugs into Vietnam.
The suspect was identified as Ho Vay, 20, residing in Pa Lo village of Nong district of Savannakhet province, Laos.
Accordingly, at 9:40 a.m. on December 1, police caught Ho Vay red-handed as he was in the process of transporting 18,000 pills of synthetic drugs at Km 66+950 of National Highway 9 in Huong Hoa district.
Other exhibits, including a motorbike, a mobile phone, and LAK3,200 were also seized at the scene.
Vay confessed that he had been hired to transport the drugs from Nong district to Khe Sanh town in Huong Hoa district for money.
A further investigation into the case is now underway.
