Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hung Yen (VNA) – So far this year, the police in the northern province of Hung Yen havedetected and dealt with nearly 160 cases related to drug, arresting almost 250criminals in the province’s localilties.
Besides, they havealso seized thousands of grams of heroin, over 2,000 grams of drugs of variouskinds, more than 100 poppy plants, 100 ml of methamphetamine and nearly 30grams of ketamine. Legal procedures have been launched for up to 128 cases with155 accused, while 19 cases with 63 people have got administrative punishmentsand 66 addicts been sent to detoxification centers.
The force have alsosuccessfully busted two large cases of illegally trading and smuggling drugsfrom Son La province, with the involvement of many women. The cases are thoseof smuggling five cakes of heroin weighing nearly 1.8 kg and trading 28 cakesof heroin totaling 9.9 grams, with the latter being the largest so far in theprovince.
Authorities havepointed out that the root causes of the hike in drug-related cases are the poorsense for law of local, the temptation by the huge profit and the loweffectiveness of the law popularization.
They also haveconcluded that the crime is also causing other social evils like theft, robberyand murder, leading to the poor security and order in the locality. Hung Yenpolice are striving to take strong measures to gradually erase the crime fromthe province.-VNA
Besides, they havealso seized thousands of grams of heroin, over 2,000 grams of drugs of variouskinds, more than 100 poppy plants, 100 ml of methamphetamine and nearly 30grams of ketamine. Legal procedures have been launched for up to 128 cases with155 accused, while 19 cases with 63 people have got administrative punishmentsand 66 addicts been sent to detoxification centers.
The force have alsosuccessfully busted two large cases of illegally trading and smuggling drugsfrom Son La province, with the involvement of many women. The cases are thoseof smuggling five cakes of heroin weighing nearly 1.8 kg and trading 28 cakesof heroin totaling 9.9 grams, with the latter being the largest so far in theprovince.
Authorities havepointed out that the root causes of the hike in drug-related cases are the poorsense for law of local, the temptation by the huge profit and the loweffectiveness of the law popularization.
They also haveconcluded that the crime is also causing other social evils like theft, robberyand murder, leading to the poor security and order in the locality. Hung Yenpolice are striving to take strong measures to gradually erase the crime fromthe province.-VNA
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