Homes of two drug lords in 'drug valley' to be razed
Excavators and bulldozers will be brought to the scene after nearly 300 police officers finished the raid on the hideout of two drug lords in Ta De valley.
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Thuan's house is in the "drug valley" of Ta De - surrounded by mountains, with only a single road winding along the cliffs.Photo: Ba Do |
June 30,The leader of Van Ho District Police (Son La) said dozens of officers and soldiers continue to protect the scene at the house of two drug lords.Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Nguyen Van Thuan in Ta De village, Long LuongAuthorities check and seize weapons and property;Then these houses will be demolished and leveled with bulldozers and excavators.
"The demolition is necessary because this area is dangerous, and after the case was solved, these houses were ownerless," said the district leader.
Thuan and Tuan's two houses are about 600-700m apart, solidly built, including many houses with corrugated iron roofs, surrounded by a fence system higher than 3m, and equipped with many cameras around.
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The house where Tuan hid for many years was leveled. |
Drug lord declares determination to hold out
Before cracking this case, the provincial police sent a letter calling on Tuan to surrender to receive leniency, but there was no response. "Tuan declared that he would fight to the death, to the death, to the death with the police force; if he died, he would die at the headquarters," said an authoritative source.
On the evening of June 29, after attacking Tuan's house by killing two of his henchmen who were holding out, the authorities found the boss's body holding a gun.Mr. An seized here more than 10 guns of various types, more than 5,000 AK bullets, many grenades and hundreds of bullet shells. Approaching the basement suspected of containing many weapons was also raised immediately after that.
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Number of weapons found in Tuan's house. |
Three bodies clutching guns in their hands in the drug lord's house in Ta De
On the morning of June 30, many police officers wearing armor and holding guns were still standing along the road to the village. Security was tightened, and checks were carried out strictly. At the house of drug lord Nguyen Thanh TuanPolice seized 49 military guns of various types including AK, Sampa Lech, Carbine, K54, K59...; 17 grenade launchers, 29 silencers, 14 submachine gun sights, 31 ammunition boxes of various types containing more than 7,000 bullets of various types and two binoculars. Previously, on June 27, police also seized 4 military guns, 3 grenades and more than 400 bullets of various types.
To date, four criminals have been killed, including Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Nguyen Van Thuan; three others have been arrested. On the afternoon of June 29, when police raided Tuan’s house, they discovered the bodies of this man and two others. All of them were still holding pistols in their hands.
According to authorities, during the five years of hiding from arrest warrants from many police agencies across the country, Tuan and Thuan built a "headquarters" in Ta De, gathering many gangsters to set up transnational drug trafficking networks. They built bunkers and tunnels around their houses, and equipped them with many weapons to deal with the authorities.
From June 26, the Task Force mobilized 300 soldiers to participate in the plan to capture Tuan and Thuan - two especially dangerous drug criminals. In the face of this group's armed resistance, the next day the Task Force dispatched many armored vehicles and signal-jamming vehicles to the scene.
After nearly two days of unsuccessful attempts to persuade Tuan and Thuan to surrender, with many houses destroyed, on the afternoon of June 28, the authorities announced that they had killed two drug lords, arrested three others, and seized many weapons.
| Hundreds of police and armored vehicles surrounded and arrested the drug lord of Son La. |
