Trans-national drug-trafficker arrested by police in Lao Cai

VOV.VN - The police in Lao Cai, a northern Vietnamese locality that borders Laos, have successfully broke up a transnational drug-trafficking ring, apprehending a man and seizing 20 cakes of heroin.

The local police in collaboration with the Police Department for Investigation of Drug-Related Crimes caught in red Vang A Chang possessing 20 cakes of heroin hidden in his black backpack on Tran Hung Dao street of Binh Minh ward.

The suspect, 39, resides in Muong Ly commune of Muong Lat district in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa that also borders Laos.

At the police station, Chang admitted he had been hired to transport the drugs from Laos to Lao Cai and then deliver them to an unknown person.

The case is currently under further investigation.

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