Casino and drug dealer busted with security cameras
(Baonghean.vn) - Around his house, Nguyen Van Loi built a secret, sturdy "bunker" with security cameras to both organize gambling and sell drugs to addicts.
On March 6, information from the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police said that the unit had just successfully broken up a case to destroy a gambling and drug trafficking den, temporarily detaining many subjects with criminal records.
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The subjects involved were detained. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
Recently, through investigation and situation assessment, the Criminal Police Department discovered a drug retail point and gambling organization run by the couple Nguyen Van Loi (born in 1987, commonly known as Loi Tuong, with 01 previous conviction for illegal drug trafficking; 03 previous convictions for drug trafficking).gamble, causing injury to others) and Dau Thi Trang (born in 1995, had 01 previous conviction for illegal drug trafficking) residing in Nghi Kim commune, Vinh city were the leaders.
During the investigation, the police verified that the couple Loi and Trang operated very sophisticatedly and discreetly, built a solid house, installed many cameras around the house for surveillance, and served the purpose of buying and selling drugs and gambling in the house.
The "gamblers" or those who come to buy drugs are all people with bad personal records, many criminal records, causing outrage among the people, affecting security and order.
Determining the complexity of this gang, the Criminal Police Department reported to the provincial police leadership to establish a special project, concentrate forces, means, and expertise, and urgently fight and eradicate it.
After a period of investigation and monitoring, at about 11:30 p.m. on March 2, 2022, when they learned that gamblers were gambling in Nguyen Van Loi's house, the task force decided to crack the case. Many officers and soldiers secretly approached and caught 5 subjects gambling, including Dau Thi Trang (born in 1995), Tran Van Co (born in 1974), Tran Ngoc Tan (born in 1991), Nguyen Van Huy (born in 1976) and Nguyen Thi Tam (born in 1966), using the "three-card" method, seizing a total of 63,450,000 VND; 5.19 grams of synthetic drugs; 10 white potylene bags used for retailing drugs.
Working with the investigation agency, the subjects all admitted their crimes.
Currently, the investigation agency has detained the subjects for gambling and illegal drug trafficking to serve the investigation and expansion.