Reward for the project to arrest drug traffickers and eradicate 'black credit' gang

On the afternoon of July 30, the People's Committee of Nghia Dan district organized an award ceremony for Nghia Dan district police for their achievements in destroying a drug ring, seizing 1 kg of crystal meth, 15 blue polyethylene packages containing 3,000 synthetic drug pills and eliminating a "black credit" group.

After a period of persistent monitoring and synchronous use of professional measures, when determining that the opportunity was ripe, at 10:00 a.m. on July 16, the Task Force to eradicate the "black credit" ring decided to crack the case.

The District People's Committee presented gifts and congratulated the Nghia Dan District Police. Photo: Minh Thai

According to the plan, 4 reconnaissance teams simultaneously carried out the emergency detention order against 3 subjects: Le Dinh Thuoc (born in 1976), Phan Thi Hoa (born in 1970) and Pham Van Mai (born in 1960), all residing in Nghia An commune, Nghia Dan district, for the act of lending money at high interest rates in civil transactions. Summoning more than 20 subjects who are "debtors" to avoid the case where these subjects are afraid of fleeing, causing difficulties for the investigation and evidence collection process.

During the investigation, the Investigation Committee determined that from 2017 to now, each subject has lent money to hundreds of people in Nghia Dan, Thai Hoa Town, Quy Hop... every year at very high interest rates, illegally earning hundreds of millions of dong.

In particular, from 2018 to present, Thuoc has lent a total of about 6 billion VND, illegally profiting about more than 900 million VND; Hoa has lent about 2.5 billion VND, illegally profiting about more than 400 million VND; Muoi has lent about 3 billion VND, illegally profiting about more than 500 million VND.

Regarding the drug case, with information, in the early morning of July 27, Dao Viet Ba will conduct drug transactions with Laotian subjects in the hilly area on the right side of National Highway 48 from Thai Hoa town to Quy Chau district in Viet Huong village, Chau Hoi commune, Quy Chau district.

The task force set up a battleground with reconnaissance teams to monitor and ambush the suspects according to the planned plans. At around 3 a.m. on July 27, the detectives discovered two strangers with Dao Viet Ba appearing at the delivery location.

Determining that the time was ripe, Nghia Dan District Police coordinated with PC04 Department - Nghe An Provincial Police to decide to crack the case; pre-arranged reconnaissance teams quickly approached. The subject fought back fiercely, and had accomplices to support and rescue, so the Task Force opened fire to suppress, then knocked down, controlled, and captured Dao Viet Ba along with evidence of 1 kg of crystal meth and 15 blue polyethylene bags containing 3,000 synthetic drug pills (pink pills), while Ba's two accomplices took advantage of the chaos and darkness to escape into the deep forest. Currently, the Task Force is continuing to verify and arrest.

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Nghia Dan district awarded the Nghia Dan District Police Department 10 million VND. At the same time, they expressed their deep gratitude to the leaders, the comrades participating in the project and the local police force.