The son of a market management officer and the son of a commercial bank leader in Binh Dinh were arrested for participating in a drug trafficking ring.

Mai Van Cuong and the evidence of 200 crossbows used for drug use - Photo: VO TAI

On the morning of October 8, the Binh Dinh Provincial Police Investigation Agency said it was continuing to take statements from suspects to expand the investigation into the drug trafficking case that had just been discovered.

Previously, at 12 noon on October 7, detectives from the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of Binh Dinh Province Police caught Mai Van Cuong (24 years old, living in Tran Hung Dao Ward, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province) transporting 200 crossbows used for drug use from Ho Chi Minh City.

Exploiting Cuong, detectives searched a room at the Hoang Anh Gia Lai apartment complex in Quy Nhon City, arrested two suspects Nguyen Manh Thang (25 years old, living in Dong Da Ward, Quy Nhon City) and Nguyen Vinh Hien (31 years old, living in Tran Hung Dao Ward, Quy Nhon City), and seized more than 21.1 grams of crystal meth and many ecstasy pills.

According to information from Binh Dinh province police, Hien is the son of a market management officer, and Thang is the son of a leader of a commercial bank in Binh Dinh.

Nguyen Manh Thang (black shirt) and Nguyen Vinh Hien (red shirt) were arrested by the police for drug trafficking - Photo: VO TAI

Previously, at noon on October 4, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of Binh Dinh Province Police also arrested Nguyen Thi Hien (36 years old, in Ward 3, Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province) for "illegally buying and selling drugs".

During an emergency inspection of Hien's boarding house in Ngo May Ward (Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province), detectives discovered Hien was selling crystal meth with a total weight of 51.1 grams.

According to Tuoi Tre