By Lam Son  February 11, 2019 | 06:47 pm GMT+7 Loc Van Duong, 47, is held at local police station for trafficking 10 kilos of meth from Lao into Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Son A 47-year-old man of Thanh Hoa Province carrying drugs into Vietnam from Laos was detained Monday in a border area. Police officers and border guards carrying out an anti-drug trafficking operation in Thanh Hoa's Quan Son District, which borders Laos, questioned Loc Van Duong after his actions aroused suspicion. They found he was carrying 10 kilos of methamphetamine hidden in a jute bag. Duong told the police that he was hired by an unidentified Laos man to carry the drugs from Laos into Vietnam through the border gate for VND200 million ($8,607). He is being held pending further investigation. Vietnam is a key trafficking hub for narcotics in and around the "Golden Triangle," a lawless wedge of land straddling China, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar that is the world's second largest … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man nabbed with 10 kilos of meth from Laos
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HCM City to return 10 kilos of gold to local man
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Vietnamese arrested for smuggling 10 kilos of heroin
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Customs officials in Vietnam hub seize 10 kilos of meth ingredient
Ho Chi Minh City customs inspectors seized nearly ten kilograms of the most common ingredient for meth, on Thursday, valued at nearly US$330,000. Testing conducted by crime technicians at the city police found pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient for producing methamphetamine, mixed with fermented shrimp paste in two plastic jars, news website VnExpress reported. The jars were registered to be shipped to Australia by a city local. The invoice noted only the shrimp paste and described the package as a "food gift." But the inspectors noticed some suspicious signs. “If it had made it through to Australia, it could be worth more than VND7 billion ($329,000),” a customs official said. The customs department is working with the city police to investigate the matter further. More than 55 kilograms of meth precursors and 4.2 kilograms of heroin, have been seized by municipal customs agents during the past eight months. The drugs were hidden in foods or cosmetics and in many cases … [Read more...] about Customs officials in Vietnam hub seize 10 kilos of meth ingredient
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