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Border guard forces arrest Lao drug smuggler in Nghe An

Forces of the Border Guard High Command and the Border Guard of the central province of Nghe An arrested a Lao citizen transporting 50,000 meth pills and 6kg of crystal meth into Vietnam on December 27.
Border guard forces arrest Lao drug smuggler in Nghe An ảnh 1The drugs seized in the case (Photo: baonghean.vn)

NgheAn (VNA) – Forces of the Border Guard High Command and the Border Guard ofthe central province of Nghe An arrested a Lao citizen transporting 50,000 methpills and 6kg of crystal meth into Vietnam on December 27.

Tho No Bi, 36, a resident in the Lao province ofHouaphan’s Xam Tay district, was caught red handed in Muong Phu village’sborder area in Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district.

The suspect admitted that he was smuggling thedrugs from Laos into to Vietnam for distribution. The case is under furtherinvestigation.

Vietnam and Laosshare a borderline of nearly 2,340 km that runs across through 10 Vietnameseprovinces, namely 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 -Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, Houaphan, Bolykhamsay, Khammoune, Savannakhet,Salavan, Xiengkhouang, Sepon, and Attapeu.

This borderline is among the hot spots of drugtrafficking, with traffickers being mainly ethnic minority people.-VNA
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