At 9:30 PM on 12/7, Nghe An Provincial Police, in coordination with police from Yen Na and Tuong Duong communes, ambushed a 7-seat car suspected of carrying contraband as it passed through the border area of Tuong Duong commune.
The driver, 37-year-old Ha Van Thin, a resident of Con Cuong commune, attempted to flee but was apprehended by investigators.
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Seized evidence from the case. Photo: Police provided |
Searching hidden compartments within the car, authorities discovered two sacks containing 60 heroin cakes and 37 kg of methamphetamine. The drugs were divided into smaller portions within blue and black nylon bags, resembling dried tea packets.
Simultaneously, the task force arrested Vi Thanh Tu, 19, Thin’s accomplice, who was riding a motorbike behind the car.
Thin confessed that the drugs originated from Laos. He claimed to have been hired by an unknown individual to pick up the shipment near the Ban Ang hydropower plant in Tuong Duong commune and deliver it to an associate in the northern provinces.
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Ha Van Thin at the police station. Photo: Police provided |
Thin and Tu are in custody, under investigation for illegal drug trafficking.
The investigation is ongoing.
