Nguyen Duc The and the seized heroin bricks (Photo: anninhthudo.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Police of Nam Tu Liem district in Hanoi busted a drugtrafficking ring in northern Vietnam involving 40 heroin bricks and 17,851synthetic drug pills.
Ma TuanHung (31, Thai Nguyen city, Thai Nguyen province) alledgedly asked Trang ATrang (38, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province) and Song Thi Do (40, Van Hodistrict, Son La province) to make the short trip to Laos to buy drugs and sellthem to him, police said on November 22.
Trangalledgely told Hung that each heroin brick, weighing about 350 grams, is pricedat about 155 million VND (6,870 USD). Hung agreed to buy heroin and planned toreceive the drugs on Thang Long Avenue in Nam Tu Liem district.
OnOctober 29, 2016, Trang and Do drove a car from Hoa Binh to Hanoi to hand over theheroin to Hung. When they arrived in Thang Long Avenue, they were stopped bylocal police.
Policefound 20 heroin bricks weighing a total of 7kg hidden in the car.
All threewere taken into custody.
The ringearlier had transported drugs through Son La, Hoa Binh, Hanoi, Thai Nguyen andHai Phong city. Police have launched criminal proceedings against them.
This drugtrafficking ring was uncovered thanks to the investigation of Nguyen Duc The,another drug trafficker.
The, 41,was detained in September while transporting 20 heroin bricks and more than17,000 synthetic drug pills by coach.
Police inNam Tu Liem district are continuing the investigation.-VNA
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Nguyen Duc The and the seized heroin bricks (Photo: anninhthudo.vn) 
