Border guards from Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An on January 26 announced that they have busted a drug trafficking ring led by two Lao men.
Two Lao men are arrested for transporting drugs into Vietnam on January 25.
The two men, aged 32 and 21, were arrested in Pieng Cooc Village, Mai Son Commune, Tuong Duong District at noon on January 25 while transporting meth pills into Vietnam.
Police seized 12,000 meth pills, 12 kilos of opium, two knives, and some other objects.
The men told the police that they bought the drugs from Laos, then transported them through the border gate into Vietnam during the 2023 Tet Lunar New Year holiday and intended to sell in the country.
Police are further investigating the case.
