Arrest of a criminal, especially dangerous drug user 'carrying' 7 criminal records in Vinh City
(Baonghean.vn) - As a particularly dangerous criminal and drug addict in Vinh City with 7 previous convictions, Hung established a drug trafficking ring from the western districts of Nghe An to transport to the northern provinces for consumption.
At about 02:15 on June 28, 2020, on National Highway 48 in Nghia Thanh commune, Nghia Dan district, the Drug Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) presided over and coordinated with Nghia Dan district police, Traffic Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police to successfully break up project 720C, arresting Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1967), residing in Ha Huy Tap ward; Nguyen Huu Cuong (born in 1983), residing in Tan Hung hamlet, Hung Loc commune, Vinh city for the act of "Illegal drug trafficking".
The results included 1 kg of crystal meth, 1 heroin cake, 2,000 synthetic drug pills (pink pills) and 1 car with license plate 37A - 354.17.
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Nguyen Van Hung (left) and Nguyen Huu Cuong. Photo: Nam Khanh |
Conducting an urgent search of the residence of Nguyen Van Hung at address 2, lane 64, Phan Canh Quang street, Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city, the police discovered and seized 01 military pistol, 03 ammunition boxes, 32 bullets, 05 phones and 01 small scale.
Previously, in May 2020, through professional work, the Drug Police Department discovered an illegal drug trafficking ring led by Nguyen Van Hung (commonly known as Hung "Dem") residing in Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City. This subject is a drug addict, with 7 previous convictions for drug and criminal offenses.
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Amount of drugs, military gun and bullets seized in the house of Nguyen Van Hung. Photo: Nam Khanh |
Hung has many economic ambiguities and "gangster" activities such as loan sharking, gambling... in Nghe An province. Hung often colludes with a number of subjects in the border area of Nghe An province to illegally buy and sell drugs from Laos to Nghe An for consumption. After understanding the subject's activities, the Drug Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police established Project 720C to fight.
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Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Police directly directed the search of Nguyen Van Hung's house. Photo: Nam Khanh |
Currently, the Drug Police Department has brought the subjects arrested on the morning of June 28 to the headquarters of the Investigation Police Agency (Nghe An Provincial Police) to continue to investigate and expand the case. During the initial investigation, the subjects confessed to their violations./.