Pilot transporting more than 6kg of drugs from Laos to Vietnam was caught

Subject Vang A Long. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department, Hanoi City Police, has just dismantled a drug ring from Laos to Dien Bien, Hanoi...

Specifically, at 4:30 p.m. on March 7, in Dinh Thon village (My Dinh 1 ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi), the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department caught Vang A Pao (born in 1993 in Si Pa Thin commune, Nam Po district, Dien Bien province) red-handed transporting 20 heroin cakes weighing more than 6kg.

Continuing to expand the investigation, the unit arrested Vang An Long (born in 1989 in Muong Nha commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province) and Mong Van Hop (born in 1968 in Van Noi commune, Tra Linh district, Cao Bang province).

According to investigation documents, for a long time, Vang A Long often bought large quantities of drugs in Laos and then hired Vang A Pao to transport and sell them to Mong Van Hop to continue to bring them to other countries.

Vang A Long himself did not directly carry the drugs but often took a bus to the front to “pilot” and deal with Hop. When he found the location safe, Long called Pao to transport the drugs to the meeting point.

The case is under further investigation.