Hanoi (VNA) – Acting Administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Uttam Dhillon has been working with relevant Vietnamese agencies to fight transnational drug trafficking. According to the US Embassy in Vietnam, during his recent working visit to Vietnam, Dhillon met with Minister of Public Security General To Lam and Lieutenant-General Pham Van Cac, General Director of the Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes. Dhillon recognised the importance of the strategic relationship between the DEA and Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security. He reaffirmed that the DEA will continue to collaborate with its partners in Vietnam to strengthen the ministry’s efforts in combating transnational drug trafficking organisations./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US cooperate in combating transnational drug trafficking
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Police hunt drug trafficker who escaped into border forest
However, the suspects accelerated their vehicle and tried to escape the police. The pickup hit the guardrails of the road and stopped, but the two men fled into the jungle bordering Laos before the police were able to approach the vehicle. … [Read more...] about Police hunt drug trafficker who escaped into border forest
Việt Nam, US cooperate in combating transnational drug trafficking
According to the US Embassy in Việt Nam, during his recent working visit to Vietnam, Dhillon met with Minister of Public Security General Tô Lâm and Lieutenant-General Phạm Văn Các, General Director of the Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, US cooperate in combating transnational drug trafficking
Nghe An, Thanh Hoa police seize huge amount of trafficked drug
Nghe An (VNA) - Police of the central province of Nghe An have arrested two Lao drug traffickers, seizing 20 bricks of heroin and 12kg of methamphetamine. Through investigations, the force discovered a trans-national drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, with armed Lao traffickers as ringleaders. On January 16 in Thanh Chuong district, the police, in cooperation with border guards at the Thanh Thuy border gate, busted the ring. Thao Ho Vu, 26; and Chung Vang, 18, from Khamcot district, Bolikhamxay province of Laos, were arrested when they were trafficking the drugs from Laos to Vietnam. A day earlier, police of Tinh Gia and Quang Xuong districts of the central province of Thanh Hoa also caught red handed two men trafficking 10 bricks of heroin and 4kg of methamphetamine in the two separated cases. Further investigations into the cases are underway./. … [Read more...] about Nghe An, Thanh Hoa police seize huge amount of trafficked drug
Trafficker of 10,000 drug pills arrested in Dien Bien
Dien Bien (VNA) – Border guards of the northwestern province of Dien Bien on January 15 arrested a man for trafficking 10,000 synthetic drug pills. The trafficker, born in 1997, from the neighbouring province of Son La was caught red-handed while riding a motorbike and carrying a backpack with 50 small bags of pink pills in Muong Loi commune of Dien Bien district. He said he had received the drugs from another residing in the same village as his in Luong Leo commune of Son La’s Sop Cop district, and planned to sell them in Dien Bien. Further investigations into the case are underway./. … [Read more...] about Trafficker of 10,000 drug pills arrested in Dien Bien
