Caught red-handed hiding 20 heroin cakes in car trunk

Subject Nguyen Van Hai at the police station. Photo: Quynh Trang

On the morning of April 22, Hoang Mai Town Police coordinated with Thai Hoa Town Police and Traffic Control Patrol Team 1.48Successfully dismantled a drug trafficking case, arrested 1 subject, seized 20 heroin cakes and many other exhibits.

Previously, at the end of February 2018, Hoang Mai Town Police discovered a drug trafficking ring from Que Phong District and then transported it to the North for consumption. Project 817M was established to fight and destroy it.

After a period of consolidating documents and synchronously using professional measures, on April 21, it was determined that the subject continued to take goods in Que Phong district (bordering Laos) and then headed towards National Highway 48 to Hoang Mai town to go north. The task force deployed forces, divided into reconnaissance teams to block, the main point being the area of ​​Thai Hoa town.

The drugs were hidden in the trunk of the car. Photo: Quynh Trang

At 7:45 a.m. on April 22, in Quang Tien Ward, Thai Hoa Town, the Task Force successfully arrested a subject driving a 4-seat car with license plate 29S-2133, seizing 20 heroin cakes in the trunk, 20 million VND and 2 cell phones.

At the police station, the suspect confessed to being Nguyen Van Hai (born in 1985, residing in Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province). The police are continuing to expand the investigation.

Provincial Police leaders commend the task force. Photo: Xuan Bac

To promptly encourage the Special Investigation Team, on April 22, leaders of Nghe An Provincial Police presented flowers of congratulations and bonuses to officers and soldiers for their excellent achievements in successfully cracking down on the special investigation./.