Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Tuong Duong District Police for the case of arresting 20 heroin cakes

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 19, at the headquarters of Tuong Duong District Police, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee,Chairman of Provincial People's Committeeawarded the special outstanding achievement to Project Team 1517M for arresting a subject transporting 20 heroin cakes.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong awarded the 1517M Project Team. Photo: Tran Minh

Previously, at 9:40 a.m. on July 13, implementing project 1517M, after a period of monitoring and ambush, Tuong Duong District Police caught red-handed Xong Ba Tenh, born in 1986, residing in Puoc Mu village, Na Ngoi commune, Ky Son district, for illegally transporting drugs.

The seized exhibits were 20 heroin cakes, 1 motorbike with license plate 37-K1 03.085, and 1 mobile phone.

Through initial investigation, Xong Ba Tenh confessed that he was on his way to transport 20 heroin cakes from Ky Son district to Tuong Duong for sale when he was arrested.

In response to this outstanding achievement, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong highly appreciated the intelligence and perseverance in following the suspect to successfully solve the case of Tuong Duong District Police, and awarded 40 million VND to the task force.

In 2016 and 7 months of 2017, Tuong Duong District Police successfully solved over 190 cases related to illegal drug trafficking.

Tran Minh