Police bust massive drug smuggling ring in northern Vietnam

Police in Yen Bai Province, northern Vietnam said on Monday that they had cracked down on a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

Police officers seized 20 bricks of heroin weighing a total of 6.7 kilograms, and nearly 10 kilograms of synthetic drugs.

This was the largest-ever volume of illegal drugs to be confiscated in the province.

The officers detained two drug traffickers, including Sung A Tua, 29, and Sung A Co, 28, who live in Dien Bien Province in the northern region.

Two drug traffickers arrested in Yen Bai Province, northern Vietnam. Photo: Supplied

The two were caught red-handed transporting and trading illicit drugs in Nam Bung Commune under Van Chan District in Yen Bai Province on Wednesday last week.

Police are expanding the investigation into the ring.

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