Untold story about the drug lord in Nghe An border area

Although the special case to capture the drug trafficking "boss" Gia Chong Nhia has ended, the fatigue still lingers on the faces of the detectives of Ky Son District Police because of the long journey.The process of verifying and tracing Nhia's whereabouts is extremely difficult and arduous.

Gia Chong Nhia (born in 1975, also known as Gia Ba Tung), residing in Pha Lech Phay village, Dooc May commune, is a newly emerging drug "boss" in Ky Son district. He often goes to Laos to get drugs and hide them in a location in the forest (marked with a special symbol), then connects with "drug dealers" and addicts inside and outside Ky Son district to consume them.

The suspect Gia Chong Nhi with the evidence at the police station. Photo: Bao Nguyen

Faced with the above situation, the Ky Son District Police decided to establish a Special Task Force to fight. However, the detectives encountered many difficulties in fighting and monitoring the activities of this subject. Because the methods and tricks of Nhia and other subjects in the network were very sophisticated and cunning, this drug trafficking network was carried out in a closed process.

Accordingly, each time he transported or conducted a transaction, Gia Chong Nhia often used many different means, frequently changed locations in the deep forest and often took advantage of the time at night, early morning or noon to deceive the authorities. In particular, he always carried a "hot" weapon with him to fiercely fight back if discovered by the authorities.

On January 8, we received information that Nhia had just gone to Laos to buy a large quantity of drugs to conduct transactions with customers. The location of the "goods" transaction was determined to be in the Huoi Tu commune area. Realizing that this was the right opportunity, the arrest warrant was issued immediately. Immediately, the plan to intercept and arrest Gia Chong Nhia was deployed.

Identifying the subjects who could use weapons to fight back, the Task Force has developed a plan to fight and eliminate them with the motto of ensuring absolute safety for the forces participating in solving the case and successfully arresting the subjects and the evidence.

As expected, at about 1:30 p.m. on January 9, 2020, in the Huoi Dun village area, Huoi Tu commune, when Nhia drove a motorbike out of the forest, taking advantage of the moment when Gia Chong Nhia was slowing down to avoid potholes, the Special Task Force (Ky Son District Police) coordinated with the Drug Control Team of Nghe An Customs Department to simultaneously raid and successfully arrest the subject.

At the scene, the Task Force seized 700 synthetic drug pills. Searching the suspect's residence, the Task Force seized another 1,000 synthetic drug pills and 3 homemade guns.

Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son District Police is continuing to investigate and expand the Project.