Portrait of drug lord who was just raided and killed by hundreds of police

Nguyen Thanh Tuan (born in 1983, also known as Trang, residing in Lat village, Yen Trung, Thach That, Hanoi) is a notorious drug "boss" in Long Luong (Son La). Tuan is a subject associated with Dang Minh Chau (aka Huong, Lien Toac (42 years old, residing at 118, Tam Thanh street, Tam Thanh ward, Lang Son city) and other accomplices in a transnational drug ring that bought and sold a total of nearly 2,000 heroin cakes.

Tuan (left) and Nguyen Minh Chau, in a "huge" drug ring with thousands of heroin cakes. File photo.

Nguyen Thanh Tuan has long been considered an extremely dangerous subject. Tuan has been present in many drug cases as a leader. This guy is very "sly" so while his accomplices are "arrested" and sentenced, Tuan continues to hide and continues to run his drug "empire".

The fact that Tuan escaped and hid in Ta De (Van Ho, Son La) has long been known to the authorities. However, arresting Tuan is not an easy task. Tuan is very careful, always surrounded by a few gunmen, ready to fire at the enemy or the authorities.

Tuan's house was solidly built, with a complex camera system covering the entire area. Anyone who approached Tuan's house could not get past the spy cameras. Tuan's house was designed near the edge of the forest so that if there was any "incident", Tuan could run away into the forest.

The capture and destruction of notorious drug lords in the "drug mecca" Long Luong.

Tuan never appeared in drug transactions, he operated the line by phone or sent trusted followers. Therefore, some drug lines under Tuan's control were destroyed but he remained "missing". When this "line" was broken, Tuan formed a "new line".

According to the authorities' documents, at noon on July 23, 2015, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C47, Ministry of Public Security) stopped 3 cars traveling together with suspicious signs in the Phu Dong bridge area (Gia Lam, Hanoi) and brought them to the headquarters for inspection. Here, the police discovered on the truck with license plate 29H. 86.82 a blue industrial gas cylinder with a joint at the end of the cylinder, containing 170 heroin cakes.

Immediately, 6 subjects traveling in 3 cars were arrested red-handed. Among them, Nguyen Quoc Hung (born in 1983, residing in Thai Binh) was identified as the ringleader. Searching the place Hung rented to live in An Khanh (Hoai Duc, Hanoi), the police seized 2 more gas cylinders containing a total of 320 heroin cakes.

The subject and hundreds of heroin cakes as evidence in a transnational drug ring.

Expanding the investigation, the police agency prosecuted 16 subjects for the crimes of "Illegal drug trafficking"; "Illegal possession of military weapons" and "Failure to report crimes".

The investigation agency clarified that Hung was acquainted with Bui Thi Hang, the sister-in-law of Nguyen Thanh Tuan. After a business failure, Hung asked Hang and her husband Nghiem Cong Dung to take him to meet Tuan in Van Ho (Son La) to borrow money. From there, Tuan and Hung formed a drug trafficking ring with large quantities and extremely sophisticated methods.

Tuan’s wife is also serving a prison sentence for drug use in another case. Since leaving his hometown for Van Ho, Tuan has adopted many names, including ethnic names, to “integrate” with the place where he is hiding. He has been “having an affair” and living as husband and wife with another woman.

Nguyen Thanh Tuan is involved in many large-scale drug cases, is the leader and supplier of "goods" to other gangs, and is a nationally wanted person.

Death row inmate Nguyen Van Tinh, who became “famous” after escaping from solitary confinement at T16 prison (Ministry of Public Security) with Tho “sứt” was also a junior of Nguyen Thanh Tuan. Tinh was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in the drug trafficking ring of this “boss”.

Previously, implementing the Plan of the Ministry of Public Security, in the early morning of June 26, nearly 200 officers and soldiers from units of the Ministry of Public Security and Son La Provincial Police deployed forces to surround and capture a group of drug addicts with special dangerous wanted warrants who were hiding in Ta De village, Long Luong commune, Van Ho district, Son La.

Here, the leaders, Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Thuan “chot”, fiercely opened fire to fight back against the police. After many hours of persuasion, the subjects still refused to lay down their weapons, forcing the police to open fire and the shooting continued until June 28.

Elite units of the Ministry of Public Security and Son La Provincial Police eliminated a number of suspects, arrested three others, and seized four guns, three grenades, and hundreds of bullets of various types.