Two arrested for drug smuggling

Two drug smugglers were detained by border guards in central Hà Tĩnh Province. – VNA/VNS Photo Tường Vũ Viet Nam News HÀ TĨNH – Border guards in central Hà Tĩnh Province have detained two men for smuggling 32kg of ecstasy and ten bricks of heroin, equivalent to 3.5kg of heroin, from Laos to Việt Nam. Trần Xuân Thanh, 31, from Vientiane, and Võ Quốc Dương, 41, from central Nghệ An Province’s Diễn Xuân Commune were caught with 30kg of ecstasy at a hotel in Cầm Xuyên District. The rest of the drugs were found in Thanh’s car. The two admitted they worked together to transport the narcotics from Laos to Việt Nam. The case is under investigation. – VNS