Caught more than 1.1 tons of crystal meth through traffic cameras

On April 19, Ho Chi Minh City Police prosecuted and detained Yeh Ching Wei (33 years old), Chiang Wei (31 years old, both Taiwanese nationals) and Bui Nguyen Huy Vu (38 years old) to investigate the act of storing and transporting more than 1.1 tons of crystal meth.

These drugs were brought from abroad to Vietnam, brought to Ho Chi Minh City to be exported to other countries and also for domestic consumption.

Earlier, at noon on April 12, traffic police observed traffic cameras and discovered 3 cars parked illegally. Among them, 2 trucks were rear-ending each other while a 7-seat car was parked next to them. Suspecting that these people were transporting contraband, the authorities came to check.

Seeing the police, the truck that had just received the goods and the 7-seat car sped away on Vo Van Kiet Avenue, heading towards Thu Thiem tunnel (District 1). The traffic police informed the units to coordinate and simultaneously chased the two vehicles to the tunnel entrance and stopped them.

The truck, which had a Dong Nai license plate, contained several cardboard boxes containing several black Temeisheng portable speakers that were unusually heavy. The owners, Yeh Ching Wei and Chiang Wei Chih, were unable to produce any documents. They were detained.

The next morning, many forces of traffic police, criminal police, drug crime prevention police, Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy... simultaneously searched a number of places, discovered 60 carton boxes all containing portable speakers. The speakers contained hundreds of yellow nylon bags, labeled as a Chinese tea brand, but inside there was a total of more than 600 kg of crystal meth.

Expanding the investigation, the police discovered that Ngoc Van Transport Company was asked by a company in Thailand to deliver 60 loudspeakers to a hotel in Bien Hoa City (Dong Nai). In addition, 5 similar boxes were delivered to the house of Bui Nguyen Huy Vu (38 years old) on Cu Lao Street, Phu Nhuan District.

Recently, Ngoc Van Company received information from its Thai partner, requesting to destroy the remaining goods in the warehouse. Searching the warehouse of this company, the authorities seized 38 loudspeakers containing nearly 500 kg of crystal meth.

In total, the police seized 103 loudspeaker boxes containing more than 1.1 tons of drugs. This is the largest amount of drugs ever seized in Ho Chi Minh City. With the method of hiding drugs in loudspeaker boxes, the investigation agency suspects that the source of the goods may be the same owner as the more than 1 ton of drugs recently discovered in Nghe An.

A series of drug trafficking cases with extremely large quantities have been discovered by the authorities recently. Two days ago, Nghe An Provincial Police discovered 23 sacks on the side of National Highway 48B, Quynh Thuan Commune, Quynh Luu District. Checking inside, the authorities discovered nearly 1 ton of crystal meth. Searching a warehouse more than 10 km away, the police found 50 loudspeakers that were believed to have previously contained the drug sacks.

In March, the Criminal Investigation Police Department broke up a drug trafficking ring from the Golden Triangle to Vietnam and then exported to other countries. 1.1 tons of crystal meth were seized in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, and Ho Chi Minh City; 7 people were arrested. The ringleader was identified as Wu HeShan (57 years old, Chinese nationality), who had been in Vietnam for 10 years, and established a front company in Binh Tan District (Ho Chi Minh City) to carry out drug trafficking.

Late on March 27, the An Suong Traffic Police Team (Ho Chi Minh City Police) patrolled and stopped two cars and discovered nearly 900 heroin cakes inside..The drugs were also transported by Chinese suspects to Ho Chi Minh City to be exported to a third country.

Ho Chi Minh City Police are coordinating with the Ministry of Public Security and the police of Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces to clarify the relationship between the newly discovered similar shipments. The investigation agency is also verifying the role of a number of people of Thai, Lao and Malaysian nationality.