Dismantling a large drug ring led by a married couple in Thua Thien

On February 16, Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police announced that they had successfully broken up a case, arresting 6 people involved in a ring transporting and illegally trading thousands of synthetic drug pills from the Lao Bao border gate area (Quang Tri province) to Thua Thien - Hue for consumption.

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of Thua Thien - Hue Province Police discovered a suspicious couple leading a drug trafficking ring into Thua Thien - Hue.

Mai Anh Tuan (nicknamed "Ham's dog") and his wife Nguyen Thi Lan were identified as the ringleaders of an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring that Thua Thien - Hue Police recently dismantled. (Photo: CACC)

Therefore, the leader of the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department reported to the leader of Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police to quickly establish a special project to fight.

Under the direction of the leadership of the Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police, after the investigation process, the Special Task Force mobilized working groups to simultaneously arrest those involved in the above drug ring.

They are Mai Anh Tuan (nicknamed "Ham dog", born in 1997) and Nguyen Thi Lan (born in 1998), both residing in Tu Ha Huong Tra ward, Thua Thien - Hue province - these are the two ringleaders of the ring) and many "henchmen" including Nguyen Trung Thong (born in 1997, residing in Duc Tho, Ha Tinh); Tran Le Viet Ninh (born in 2002, residing in Huong Van ward, Huong Tra town); Nguyen Truong Nhat (born in 1994, residing in Thuy Chau ward, Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien - Hue province); Vo Dinh Quoc Viet (born in 2002, residing in An Tay, Hue city, Thua Thien - Hue province).

Checking the residences of the ring members, the police force seized nearly 27,000 synthetic drug pills. (Photo: CACC)

Caught red-handed and urgently searching the residences of the ring members, the police force seized nearly 27,000 synthetic drug pills, 76 grams of other synthetic drugs, 1 gun and 1 ammunition box.

Initial investigation showed that the ring members confessed that, using many sophisticated, reckless and cunning tricks, they organized the transportation and illegal trading of drugs from Lao Bao border gate (Quang Tri) to Thua Thien - Hue to distribute and sell to sensitive businesses and services to make a profit.

The handgun and ammunition box were also seized by the police. (Photo: CACC)

Each transaction involved 10 to 30 thousand synthetic drug pills. This group also used the Telegam application and virtual accounts to set up and operate the network; at the same time, they hired ethnic minority teenagers in Huong Hoa district (Quang Tri) to transport drugs from the border to Hue and Quang Tri.

NGUYEN VUONG

Source