Cross-border drug trafficking ring busted

Border officers in Quang Tri Province and Laos announced on August 4 that they had raided a large drug trafficking ring.

Five Laotian men detained

At 3 pm on August 4, the drug and crime prevention force in Quang Tri worked with the border guards at Lao Bao Border Gate and the anti-drug police in Savannakhet to successfully bust the trafficking ring and detain five Laotian men with 60,000 amphetamine tablets.

This is an important link in the trafficking ring spanning from the northern Lao provinces to Savannakhet. The drugs will be brought into Vietnam before they were transferred and sold in the third country.

Colonel Le Van Phuong said they had had many difficulties due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to close co-operation between the two countries, they had monitored all movements and activities and successfully carried out the raid. Phuong said they had ensured the safety for all personnel as well as legal procedures.

On June 28 and 29, the drug and crime prevention force in Quang Tri also worked with the police force in Laos to catch four men while they were transferring and trading 419,000 amphetamine tablets from Laos to Vietnam.