Four caught trafficking 350 kg of drugs
By Hai Binh April 6, 2021 | 04:30 pm GMT+7
A man is arrested in Nghe An Province for trafficking around 227.5 kg of drugs, April 3, 2021. Photo courtesy of the Vietnam Border Guard.
Four people have been arrested in the central Nghe An Province for allegedly trafficking around 350 kg of drugs.
The four, part of a transnational trafficking gang, were caught following a two-month operation by border guards and police.
On April 3 a man was caught driving northward in a Hanoi-registered car at a toll gate in the province’s Hoang Mai Town with 227.5 kg of drugs, including 48 kg of methamphetamine. The rest was not identified.
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