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Son La police bust big drug trafficking case

Police in Song Ma district of the northern border province of Son La on June 22 caught two suspects who were smuggling a large amount of drugs.
Son La police bust big drug trafficking case ảnh 1Two suspects Lau A Chu and Giang A Mai of the drug trafficking case (Photo: VNA)

Son La (VNA) – Police in Song Madistrict of the northern border province of Son La on June 22 caught twosuspects who were smuggling a large amount of drugs.

The two suspects, identified as Lau A Chu,also known as Lau A Mua, 37 and Giang A Mai, 21, reside in Huoi Mot commune ofSong Mai district. They admitted to have transported the drugs from Co Ma Bvillage of Huoi Mot commune.

The authorities seized 36 bricks of heroin,two mobile phones, three motorbikes and other related exhibits.

When searching their houses, police alsodiscovered a squeezer to make heroin bricks and a small pack of drugs, amongothers. It is the largest drug smuggling case broken by police in Song Madistrict.

The case is being further investigated by authorised agencies.

On June 12, a man carrying 20 bricks of heroin was arrested inChieng Khuong village, Chieng Khuong commune of Song Ma district.

The arrested is Ly La or No La, born in 1992, and resides inLong Ku village, Vieng Say district, Houaphan province of Laos. Ly La said hewas hired by a strange man to transport the drug from Laos to Vietnam.

On June 11, the Son La police and relevant authorities arrestedMua Thi Keo, born in 1996, for illegal trade of drugs, seizing 17,000 syntheticdrugs and related evidence. Keo resides in Vieng Say district, Houaphanprovince of Laos.-VNA

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