Police get 1,200 convictions in major narcotics crackdown

HA NOI — Authorities discovered over 800 drug-related crimes and punished nearly 1,200 people between April 15 and May 18.
In total the anti-drug force, police, border guards and air security seized 20kg of heroin, 2,100 heroin doses, 4.5kg of opium and 3,500 amphetamine tablets from drug smugglers and dealers during the period.
The Security Ministry’s anti-drug force, in co-operation with the police and border guards of Nghe An and Ha Tinh central provinces, arrested Lao citizens smuggling 19 heroin batches weighing 6.65kg in Son Kim Commune, Ha Tinh Province’s Huong Son District. Furthermore police and border guards of Quang Ninh southern province caught another two people and seized 7.15kg heroin in 21 batches, .
In another development, the HCM City Police Department arrested Nguyen Tuan Khanh, 48, and another seven people in District 2 with 3,016 stimulant tablets and 63.61gr of Ice.
As part of the operation, the Hai Ba Trung District’s police of Ha Noi caught eight people red-handed with 200 stimulant tablets and the Noi Bai Airport security force arrested one person attempting to smuggle 200 amphetamine tablets.— VNS