Son La: Lao nationals arrested for drug trafficking
Thứ Ba, 05/03/2019, 15:56
Two Lao nationals were arrested on suspicion of smuggling 12,000 methamphetamine pills in Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 4.
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The two suspects and the seized drugs (Photo: VNA) |
They were detained by local police, who also seized the drugs and three phones, among other items, from the suspects.
The two are Vang A De, male, born in 1988, and Trang Thi Dua, female, 1974. Both reside in Muong village, Sop Bao district of Laos’ Houaphan province.They admitted they had impersonated farmers walking through off-the-beaten-track roads to traffic drugs into Vietnam.
The case is under further investigation.
Vietnam and Laos share a border of nearly 2,340 km that runs across through 10 Vietnamese provinces, including Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum.
The line also appears in 10 Lao provinces, namely Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, Houaphan, Bolykhamsay, Khammoune, Savannakhet, Salavan, Xiengkhouang, Sepon, and Attapeu.
