Up to 24,000 meth pills seized in Dien Bien

According to Le Ba Long, Head of the Drug Crime Investigation Department of the provincial Border Guard Command, a transnational drug ring was detected transporting drugs from Oudomxay province to Muong May district in Phongsaly province of Laos, and then selling them in Vietnam’s Dien Bien province.

Two suspects, were discovered travelling from Muong May district to Vietnam’s Tay Trang border gate in Dien Bien province. One of them, named Cu Chan Ly, was arrested in possession of 24,000 amphetamine pills, while the other escaped.

The detained suspect, a Lao national, born in 1996, said he and the other suspect bought the drugs and intended to sell them in Vietnam, according to police.

The case is under further investigation.