Ten people have been arrested and more than 200 kg of drugs seized after police busted a gang smuggling narcotics from Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam.
The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) under the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday that the ring leader was Ly Thanh Huu, 40, from Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Documents and other items relating to the smuggling operation were also seized.
Police say Huu has changed his smuggling routes many times to evade the authorities.
At the end of August 2024, the police received information that the smugglers would transport drugs across the border on a passenger bus between the central province of Nghe An, which borders Laos, and Hanoi and would deliver five sacks of drugs at Hanoi’s My Dinh stadium.
Members of a ring smuggling drugs from Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam are arrested outside My Dinh stadium in Hanoi, August 2024. Photo courtesy of police |
The police arrested bus attendant Ho Quang Nhan, 25, and Quan Trong Cao and Ly Van Huy, 22, both from Nghe An.
Cao confessed that in addition to the drugs discovered, he also sent three cardboard boxes containing drugs to his neighbor’s residence in Hanoi.
Based on the men’s confessions, the police extended the investigation and dismantled the mass ring including one of the leaders with Lao nationality.
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