Stuff seized when the police raideded Son's house. (Photo: anninhthudo.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s police have busted aninterprovincial drug ring and launched criminal proceedings against the caseand its four suspects.
The suspects are Nguyen Kim Hieu (born in 1984), NguyenHoang Dai (1961), Pham Ba Son (1975), and Nguyen Van Tam (1978).
Files on the case showed that the capital’s criminalinvestigation police launched a probe when they discovered initial informationon the operation of a large-scale drug ring in the city.
On August 27, the police followed and stopped a suspiciousman, who drove a scooter from Long Bien district heading to Vinh Tuy Bridge.The man, Hieu, a resident in Ngo Thi Nham ward, Hai Ba Trung district, was foundcarrying 3 kg of methamphetamine.
Meanwhile, another investigation team caught Dai red-handedtransporting 2 kg of methamphetamine, while the suspect was travelling on hisbike along an alley on Sai Dong Street, Long Bien district. Dai resided in LyThai To ward, Hoan Kiem district.
Hieu and Dai later admitted that they bought the dug fromPham Ba Son, a man with criminal background related to illegal weaponpossession and a resident in the Sai Dong urban area in Phuc Dong ward, LongBien district.
Under an emergency search warrant, the police raided Son’shouse. They seized three military guns, 168 bullets, five plastic packagescontaining white powder and blue pills, 68 ketamin-labelled bottles with liquidinside, and numerous tools used for making drug.
The investigation finally reached Tam, who lived in VinhCity, the central province of Nghe An. Tam was identified as the drug supplierfor Son.
The police and relevant agencies of Ho Chi Minh City have intensified crackdowns on drug crimes this year, seizing a large volume of drugs, including 10kg of heroin and over 110kg of synthetic drugs.
The People’s Court of northern mountainous Hoa Binh province has sentenced nine out of 23 drug smugglers to death on charges of “illegally trafficking drugs, illegally possessing military weapons and not denouncing crimes”.
Customs officers and border guards of Cau Treo international border gate, in cooperation with police in the central province of Ha Tinh, on July 17 arrested three suspects who were illegally transporting 25 kilogrammes of crystal meth of 52 cakes (nearly 18 kilogrammes) of heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City has handed down the capital punishment on five defendants involving in the illegal trade and transportation of a big amount of drug at the end of a four-day trial on August 2.
Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 20 busted a drug trafficking ring led by Bui Thi Thu Trang, born in 1984, arresting more than 20kg of drugs of different kinds.
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Stuff seized when the police raideded Son's house. (Photo: anninhthudo.vn) 
