Controlling 2 Laotian subjects carrying guns transporting 8 heroin cakes

On May 26, in Gia Phu A village area, Na Tong commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, the working group chaired by Dien Bien district police, in coordination with the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of the provincial police, the provincial customs department, and the Border Guard force caught red-handed two Laotian subjects, Ly A Hoa (born in 1990) and Chang To Vang (born in 1990), both residing in Vu Pau Cang village cluster, Nhot U district, Phong Sa Ly province, Lao PDR, in the act of illegally buying, selling, and transporting drugs.

Subjects Chang To Vang (left) and Ly A Hoa (right) with evidence of the case.

Searching the subject, the working group seized 8 heroin cakes (weighing about 2.8 kg), 1 pistol and 8 bullets.

When surrounded and arrested, the subjects fiercely fought back in an attempt to escape but were quickly controlled and arrested by the authorities.

At the police station, the subjects confessed to bringing drugs from Laos to Dien Bien to sell for profit./.