Arrest of machete-wielding subject specializing in retailing drugs to addicts

On October 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son District Police said they were completing documents and procedures to prosecute the case and prosecute the defendant for the crime of "Illegal trading and possession of narcotics".

Having a firm grasp of the area, detectives of Ky Son District Police discovered that Lau Ba Gio (born in 1990), residing in Truong Son village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district, had retail drug activities to addicts inside and outside the area to make a profit.

Subject Lau Ba Gio and evidence of the case. Photo: Bao Nguyen

Persistently sticking to the area, continuing to verify, investigate and collect documents and evidence shows that, taking advantage of visits to relatives in Laos, Lau Ba Gio colluded with Lao subjects to form a closed, small-scale drug trafficking ring.

With sophisticated and cunning tricks, when detecting "motion", Lau Ba Gio immediately moved to Laos to hide for a while, when seeing the situation calm down, he returned to the locality to continue his activities. Therefore, to intercept, surround and handle this subject, the officers of Ky Son District Police encountered many difficulties.

At around 8:00 p.m. on October 5, discovering the subject was conducting a drug transaction with a number of addicts, the Ky Son District Police force deployed synchronous professional measures to raid and arrest Lau Ba Gio.

Being caught by surprise, showing himself to be a cunning old fox, Lau Ba Gio used a machete to fight back fiercely in an attempt to escape and dispose of the evidence. However, with a determined spirit of fighting crime and intelligence and bravery, the police force of Ky Son district defeated and arrested the subject; confiscated 120 synthetic drug pills and 3 grams of heroin.