Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Dien Bien (VNA) - The border guard force of the northern province of Dien Bien, in coordination with the security force of Muong May district in the Lao province of Phongsaly, on June 15 arrested three Lao drug traffickers, seizing 20kg of opium. Those arrested include Som Chan, 29, from Oudomxay province; Thao A By, 23 and Thao A The, 18 from Phongsaly province. Other seized exhibits include one car, one motorbike, 4 mobile phones and 17 million Lao kip (over 1,947 USD). The suspects confessed that they had bought the drug in the Golden Triangle area and transported it to the border area between Dien Bien and Phongsaly to sell to a Vietnamese. The case is under further investigation.–VNA … [Read more...] about Three Lao drug traffickers arrested in Dien Bien
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Vietnam arrests 8 Chinese in biggest transnational drug trafficking case
The Hanoitimes - The ring allegedly transports drug from “Golden Triangle” – one of the world’s drug hubs – through Laos, to Vietnam, then to a third country for consumption. Vietnamese police have arrested eight Chinese for involving in a transnational drug trafficking ring, seizing more than one ton of methamphetamine. Police seize methamphetamine trafficked by the ring in Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Nien The arrestees include ring leader named Wu Heshan, 57, who runs the ring trafficking more than a ton of methamphetamine in a network among Laos, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The ring allegedly transports drug from “Golden Triangle” – one of the world’s drug hubs – an area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet, through Laos, to Vietnam, then to a third country for consumption. Back to October 2018, Vietnam’s police captured a Laotian trafficking 300 kg of methamphetamine … [Read more...] about Vietnam arrests 8 Chinese in biggest transnational drug trafficking case
Three sentenced to death in Hanoi for drug trafficking
By Phan Anh  March 20, 2019 | 09:43 am GMT+7 Four people stand trial in Hanoi for drug trafficking on Monday. Photo by Cong Ly Newspaper Three people received death sentences for drug trafficking in Hanoi Monday while a fourth got a life sentence because she has a child. Vu Thi Thu Hoai, 47, Vu Thi Hai Yen, 24, and Le Trung Thanh, 40, received the death sentences for illegally trafficking drugs, heard the Hanoi People’s Court. Pham Thi Hop, 42, received a life sentence on the same charge instead as she was raising a small child, media reports said. Yen and Hoai were busted trafficking drugs at the Noi Bai International Airport in June 2017. Police found over 2.6 kilograms of drugs in pill and crystal forms with them, hidden in bags and empty dragonfruits. Hop and Thanh were busted when the duo was delivering drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam through the Moc Bai border post in the southern province of Tay Ninh in November 2017. An investigation revealed that … [Read more...] about Three sentenced to death in Hanoi for drug trafficking
Tay Ninh authorities bust Cambodia-Vietnam drug trafficking ring
Huynh Van Lam, 37, residing in Long Thanh Nam commune, Hoa Thanh district, Tay Ninh province, was caught red-handed on October 20 when he was transporting 4kg of meth hidden in tea packages in his motorbike. He had previously sentenced to seven years in prison. One day later, the province’s competent forces arrested Cambodian-Vietnamese Choun Phi Rin, 41, residing in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province and Van Ngoc Phuong, 26, residing in Long Thanh commune, Tan Chau district, An Giang province. Phuong is Choun Phi Rin’s sister in law. The seized methamphetamine. Source: tuoitreonline.vn The authorities seized an additional 8.2 kg of methamphetamine, VND 600 million and USD 50,000 in cash and a seven-seat car. Choun Phi Rin is reported to have received 10 years behind bars for trading in and transporting drugs. Police are expanding their investigation into the operation of the drug trafficking ring. According to Colonel Le Hong Vuong, Commander of the … [Read more...] about Tay Ninh authorities bust Cambodia-Vietnam drug trafficking ring
Vietnam sentences South African to death for drug trafficking
According to the police report, customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat Airport discovered two bags of cocaine in Coetzee Tyron Lee’s carry-on luggage in June 2016. Lee had come into Saigon from Dubai. The drug is believed to have come from Brazil, but the flight transited in Dubai before proceeding to Saigon, Phap Luat newspaper reported. Coetzee confessed that he was promised $3,500 by a Nigerian residing in South Africa to make this shipment. Vietnam is a key trafficking hub for narcotics around the Golden Triangle, an intersection of China, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar and the world's second largest drug producing region. It also has some of the world’s toughest drug laws. Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face the death penalty. The production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal narcotics is also punishable by death. However, judging by news reports, there is no … [Read more...] about Vietnam sentences South African to death for drug trafficking