The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commended the Special Task Force for destroying a huge drug ring.

(Baonghean.vn) - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong praised the 617H Project Team and asked the police force to continue to fight fiercely against drug crimes, protecting the peaceful life of the people.

On the afternoon of October 2, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police came to award the 617H Project Team for their outstanding achievements in drug prevention and control, arresting 3 subjects with a large amount of drugs.

After listening to the leader of the Drug Crime Prevention Police Department - PC47 report on the results of Project 617H, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee praised the bravery, intelligence and determination of the members of the Project Board.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police Department awarded the 617H Project Team. Photo: PB

"If this amount of drugs had been transported and consumed successfully, the terrible consequences it would have caused would have been enormous, with many families broken and many people ruined. Therefore, on behalf of the provincial leaders, I congratulate you on your outstanding achievements," the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

Concerned about the complicated drug crime situation, especially drug trafficking lines from abroad to Nghe An; the number of drug addicts in the area is still large, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong hopes that the police force will continue to strive to excellently complete assigned tasks, fight fiercely to prevent drug crimes from becoming complicated, contributing to ensuring a peaceful life for the people, ensuring security and order in the area.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the Project Team 50 million VND; Colonel Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police also awarded and read a letter of commendation from the Provincial Police leadership to the Project Team.

Drug lord Pham Van Hung at the police station. Photo: MK

Previously, in May 2017, through reconnaissance work, PC47 discovered a drug trafficking ring with a large quantity from Laos to Nghe An. This ring was led by Pham Van Hung (born in 1970, residing in Phu Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district). PC47 established project 617H to fight and destroy it. On September 26, the detectives received information that Hung was preparing to take a large "shipment" from Laos to Vietnam through the small border area.

In the early morning of October 1, on National Highway 7A, passing through Nam Son Commune, Do Luong District, the Task Force caught Pham Van Tung (born in 1990, residing in Phu Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District) red-handed while illegally transporting drugs. The seized evidence included 20 heroin cakes, 1kg of crystal meth, 12,000 synthetic drug pills, 20,000 USD, 1 Honda SH motorbike, and 2 mobile phones.

At the time of arrest, Tung pulled out a hidden knife to fight back against the police but was subdued. About 500 meters away, detectives arrested Pham Van Hung while he was trying to escape.

Subject Pham Van Tung with evidence. Photo: MK

On the same day, the Task Force urgently arrested Lo Van Sao (born in 1983, residing in Ban Met, Luc Da commune, Con Cuong district). Sao was an important link, assigned to directly receive goods from Lao subjects and then hand them over to Hung. Searching Sao's house, the police discovered 70,000 USD and 300 million VND in cash. This was the amount of money Hung gave Sao to pay for the goods.

It is known that this is the project that has seized the largest amount of drugs in the past 3 years, led by PC47.

Nguyen Hung